Lupota
loo-POH-tah (approx.)
The atlas records 5 collection-point forms from Lupota, across 5 genera.
7.9697°S 30.4117°E
Lupota is a collection point on Lake Tanganyika, about 2 km south-south-west of Kalumbi.
Where it is
Lupota is on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its southern third (321 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Longola 4.7 mi south-west · Musenga 4.7 mi south-west · Kamakonde 9.9 mi north-west
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) (~117 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 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 (1323 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.