Aquarist Atlas
Collection point · Lake Malawi · Tanzania

Lukuyusi

loo-koo-YOO-see (approx.)

The atlas records 1 collection-point form from Lukuyusi.

10.1085°S 34.5275°E

Lukuyusi is a collection point on Lake Malawi's Tanzanian shore, about 1 km north-east of Cape Kaiser.

Where it is

Lukuyusi is on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi, in its northern third (43 mi south of the lake's northern tip).

Nearest collection points: Cape Kaiser 0.9 mi south-west · Lupingu 2.5 mi north · Ngwasi 4.8 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 Malawi — collection points share their lake's water; site-specific figures are shown only where the literature records them.

Temperature75.2–84.2 °F24–29 °C
pH8.2–8.6alkaline
Hardnessmoderately soft, alkaline, well-buffered79 ppm
Conductivity≈250–260 µS/cmmeasured range

Nearest measured station: Salima (south-east shore) (~405 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm

Surface temperature here

Across May–Nov, monthly means run 77 °F to 82 °F — coolest in Aug. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1027 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.

75°78°81°84°Jan: too few clear satellite days (0)–JFeb: too few clear satellite days (4)–FMar: too few clear satellite days (2)–MApr: too few clear satellite days (8)–AMay: 80 °F mean (79 °F–82 °F), 60 clear satellite daysMJun: 79 °F mean (77 °F–80 °F), 144 clear satellite daysJJul: 77 °F mean (76 °F–78 °F), 176 clear satellite daysJAug: 77 °F mean (76 °F–78 °F), 213 clear satellite daysASep: 78 °F mean (76 °F–79 °F), 225 clear satellite daysSOct: 80 °F mean (78 °F–82 °F), 128 clear satellite daysONov: 82 °F mean (80 °F–84 °F), 58 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (9)–D
Surface temperature by month near Lukuyusi — 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.

Sources
  1. malawi.si — Lukuyusi, Lake Malawi, Tanzania: location page and photo gallery

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.

Maylandia (1)

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