Mahale Mountains NP
mah-HAH-leh moh-oon-TAH-eens NP (approx.)
Also traded as “Mahale NP”
The atlas records 22 collection-point forms from Mahale Mountains NP, across 14 genera.
6.1500°S 29.9000°E
Mahale Mountains NP is a collection label for the stretch of Lake Tanganyika's Tanzanian shore that lies within Mahale Mountains National Park.
Where it is
Mahale Mountains NP is on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its central third (195 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Maswa 8.7 mi north-west · Siyeswe 11 mi north · Musofwe Bay 11 mi 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: Kigoma (central, east shore) (~144 km) — Temperature 25.7 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 654 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 12.8 m
Sources
- Konings, A. (2019). Tanganyika Cichlids in their Natural Habitat, 4th Edition. Cichlid Press, El Paso.
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.