Aquarist Atlas
Collection point · Lake Tanganyika · Tanzania

Mpando Point

m-PAHN-doh POYNT (approx.)

The atlas records 4 collection-point forms from Mpando Point, across 3 genera.

8.3176°S 31.0317°E

Mpando Point is a point on Tanzania's Lake Tanganyika shore, under 1 km south-west of Katili Bay.

Where it is

Mpando Point is on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its southern third (345 mi south of the lake's northern tip).

Nearest collection points: Katili Bay 0.6 mi north-east · Katili 1 mi north-east · Chiloelo Point 1.6 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 Tanganyika — collection points share their lake's water; site-specific figures are shown only where the literature records them.

Temperature77–80.6 °F25–27 °C
pH8.6–9.2alkaline
Hardnesshard · 600–690 µS/cm

Nearest measured station: Mpulungu (south basin) (~50 km) — Temperature 24.5 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 662 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 11.9 m

Surface temperature here

Across Mar–Nov, monthly means run 76 °F to 82 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1633 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.

75°78°81°84°Jan: too few clear satellite days (2)–JFeb: too few clear satellite days (5)–FMar: 82 °F mean (81 °F–83 °F), 10 clear satellite daysMApr: 81 °F mean (79 °F–83 °F), 28 clear satellite daysAMay: 79 °F mean (78 °F–81 °F), 146 clear satellite daysMJun: 78 °F mean (76 °F–79 °F), 304 clear satellite daysJJul: 76 °F mean (75 °F–78 °F), 367 clear satellite daysJAug: 77 °F mean (76 °F–78 °F), 386 clear satellite daysASep: 78 °F mean (76 °F–80 °F), 248 clear satellite daysSOct: 80 °F mean (78 °F–81 °F), 109 clear satellite daysONov: 81 °F mean (80 °F–82 °F), 22 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (6)–D
Surface temperature by month near Mpando Point — dot = mean, bar = typical range (10th–90th percentile), “–” = too cloudy to measure.

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
  1. tanganyika.si — Lake Tanganyika interactive locations map: Mpando Point

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.

Neolamprologus (2)

Ophthalmotilapia (1)

Paracyprichromis (1)

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