Mara Rocks
MAH-rah ROKS (approx.)
The atlas records 22 collection-point forms from Mara Rocks, across 12 genera.
11.2428°S 34.2525°E
Mara Rocks is a rocky site on Lake Malawi's Malawian shore, about 2 km east-south-east of Usisya Beach Eco-Lodge.
Where it is
Mara Rocks is on the western shore of Lake Malawi, in its central third (122 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Tchinga Reef 1.5 mi west · Usisya 2.4 mi west · Mbowe Island 4.9 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 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) (~279 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm
This site
Surface temperature here
Across Apr–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 (926 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.