Malagarasi
mah-lah-gah-RAH-see (approx.)
The atlas records 2 collection-point forms from Malagarasi, across 2 genera.
5.2000°S 29.7800°E
Malagarasi is a trade label for fish collected near where the Malagarasi River enters Lake Tanganyika, on Tanzania's shore south of Kigoma.
Where it is
Malagarasi is on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its central third (129 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Ifala Village 2.1 mi west · Kiti Point 5.5 mi south · Karago 5.7 mi south
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) (~39 km) — Temperature 25.7 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 654 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 12.8 m
Surface temperature here
Across May–Oct, monthly means run 78 °F to 80 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (937 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.
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.