Malopa
mah-LOH-pah (approx.)
The atlas records 17 collection-point forms from Malopa, across 13 genera.
13.6278°S 34.8547°E
Malopa is a site on Lake Malawi's Malawian shore, lying under 1 km north-north-west of Niatumbu.
Where it is
Malopa is on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi, in its southern third (287 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Nametumbwe 0.7 mi south · Fort Maguire 1.9 mi south · Narungu 2.5 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: Monkey Bay (south basin) (~44 km) — Visibility (Secchi) 12.5 m
Surface temperature here
Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 75 °F to 81 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1316 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.