Aquarist Atlas
Collection point · Lake Tanganyika · Tanzania

Kolwe Point, Cape Mpimbwe

KOH-lweh POYNT KAYP m-PEEM-bweh (approx.)

The atlas records 1 collection-point form from Kolwe Point, Cape Mpimbwe.

7.2500°S 30.5500°E

Where it is

Kolwe Point, Cape Mpimbwe is on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its southern third (271 mi south of the lake's northern tip).

Nearest collection points: Isaba Point 0.6 mi south-east · Katondo 1 mi south-east · Cape Mpimbwe 1.4 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.

Temperature77–80.6 °F25–27 °C
pH8.6–9.2alkaline
Hardnesshard · 600–690 µS/cm

Nearest measured station: Mpulungu (south basin) (~179 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 80 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1208 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.

75°78°81°Jan: too few clear satellite days (3)–JFeb: too few clear satellite days (3)–FMar: too few clear satellite days (8)–MApr: 80 °F mean (79 °F–82 °F), 14 clear satellite daysAMay: 79 °F mean (78 °F–81 °F), 79 clear satellite daysMJun: 78 °F mean (77 °F–80 °F), 225 clear satellite daysJJul: 77 °F mean (76 °F–78 °F), 306 clear satellite daysJAug: 77 °F mean (76 °F–78 °F), 293 clear satellite daysASep: 78 °F mean (77 °F–79 °F), 191 clear satellite daysSOct: 79 °F mean (78 °F–80 °F), 71 clear satellite daysONov: 80 °F mean (79 °F–82 °F), 13 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (2)–D
Surface temperature by month near Kolwe Point, Cape Mpimbwe — dot = mean, bar = typical range (10th–90th percentile), “–” = too cloudy to measure.

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.

Ophthalmotilapia (1)

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