Masimbwe Island
mah-SEEM-bweh EYE-land (approx.)
The atlas records 18 collection-point forms from Masimbwe Island, across 11 genera.
12.1094°S 34.7264°E
Masimbwe Island is a Malawian island close to Likoma Island, about 2 km south-south-east of Kaya Mawa Lodge.
Where it is
Masimbwe Island is in open water about 2.5 mi off the eastern shore, in the central third of Lake Malawi (182 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Chisanga Point 1.7 mi north-east · Ndomo Point 2.1 mi north-west · Kanjindo Rocks 2.2 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) (~186 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm
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 (1239 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.