Kisi Island
KEE-see EYE-land (approx.)
The atlas records 12 collection-point forms from Kisi Island, across 9 genera.
7.7034°S 30.7301°E
Kisi Island is an island on Tanzania's Lake Tanganyika shore, about 1 km south-south-east of Ninde.
Where it is
Kisi Island is on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its southern third (303 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Ninde 0.9 mi north-west · Kilingwe Point 1.4 mi north-west · Lupote Bay 2.8 mi south-east
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) (~125 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 81 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1352 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
Site photographs also place the lowland of Kalandasi Point roughly 12 km off in the distance.
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.