Collection point · Lake Malawi · Mozambique

Lumbaulo

loom-bah-OO-loh (approx.)

The atlas records 12 collection-point forms from Lumbaulo, across 8 genera.

11.9004°S 34.9051°E

Lumbaulo is a rocky shore on Lake Malawi's Mozambican shore, under 1 km north-north-east of Mesule Point.

Where it is

Lumbaulo is on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi, in its central third (168 mi south of the lake's northern tip).

Nearest collection points: Londo Bay 2.4 mi north-east · Ntumba 4.5 mi south · Ngombe 13 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 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) (~213 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm

This site

Habitatrockyrocky shore near Mesule Point

Surface temperature here

Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 76 °F to 82 °F — coolest in Aug. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1069 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 (0)–FMar: too few clear satellite days (1)–MApr: 82 °F mean (80 °F–83 °F), 13 clear satellite daysAMay: 80 °F mean (79 °F–81 °F), 88 clear satellite daysMJun: 78 °F mean (77 °F–80 °F), 136 clear satellite daysJJul: 76 °F mean (76 °F–78 °F), 188 clear satellite daysJAug: 76 °F mean (75 °F–77 °F), 231 clear satellite daysASep: 77 °F mean (76 °F–79 °F), 221 clear satellite daysSOct: 80 °F mean (78 °F–82 °F), 138 clear satellite daysONov: 82 °F mean (81 °F–84 °F), 51 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (2)–D
Surface temperature by month near Lumbaulo — 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 — Lumbaulo, Lake Malawi, Mozambique: location page and photo gallery (captions by Ad Konings)

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.

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