Kilima
kee-LEE-mah (approx.)
The atlas records 8 collection-point forms from Kilima, across 7 genera.
5.1109°S 29.1197°E
Kilima is a collection point on DR Congo's Lake Tanganyika shore, about 1 km north-north-west of Zinzia Bay.
Where it is
Kilima is on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its northern third (123 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Zinzia 1.1 mi south · Talama 9.3 mi north · Titcha 15 mi south
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: Kigoma (central, east shore) (~62 km) — Temperature 25.7 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 654 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 12.8 m
Surface temperature here
Across May–Oct, monthly means run 78 °F to 80 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (424 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.
The site
A narrow bay here, between two hills, is reported to have a floor that falls below 60 metres within about 100 metres of the shore.
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.