Makonde
mah-KOHN-deh (approx.)
The atlas records 22 collection-point forms from Makonde, across 9 genera.
9.9481°S 34.4550°E
Makonde is a site on Lake Malawi's Tanzanian shore, about 5 km northwest of Lifuma.
Where it is
Makonde is on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi, in its northern third (32 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Lifuma 3 mi south-east · Msisi 5.8 mi south-east · Lupingu 11 mi south-east
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) (~423 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm
Surface temperature here
Across May–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 (1056 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.
The site
The site's photograph is labelled "Makonde North", suggesting the collection point spans more than one stretch of shore.
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.