Lumessi
loo-MEH-see (approx.)
The atlas records 14 collection-point forms from Lumessi, across 10 genera.
13.1369°S 34.7972°E
Lumessi is a site on Lake Malawi's Mozambican shore, about 3 km north of Usila.
Where it is
Lumessi is on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi, in its southern third (253 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Chiloelo 5 mi south · Chinuni 5.2 mi north · Thundu 8.7 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.
Nearest measured station: Salima (south-east shore) (~81 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm
Surface temperature here
Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 76 °F to 81 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1369 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.
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.