Kiku
KEE-koo (approx.)
The atlas records 10 collection-point forms from Kiku, across 8 genera.
7.7749°S 30.2706°E
Kiku lies on Lake Tanganyika's DR Congo shore, about 2 km south of Kasanza.
Where it is
Kiku is on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its southern third (307 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Kamakonde 7.5 mi south · Kapampa 11 mi north-west · Masanza 14 mi north
Shore, third and distances are measured from the coordinates above against the lake’s mapped outline.
The water
Lake-wide measured chemistry of Lake Tanganyika — collection points share their lake's water; site-specific figures are shown only where the literature records them.
Nearest measured station: Mpulungu (south basin) (~143 km) — Temperature 24.5 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 662 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 11.9 m
Surface temperature here
Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 77 °F to 82 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1297 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.
Temperature: ESA Climate Change Initiative, Lakes_cci v3.0 (Asfour et al. 2026; doi:10.5285/a56dba09df8a42ec9fba8b8c7a5e1f69). Chemistry on this page remains the lake's own.
Each entry below is the population of that species recorded here — the form aquarists keep and breed as a distinct, provenance-labelled line. Crossing forms from different collection points is considered hybridisation in the hobby.