Msisi
m-SEE-see (approx.)
The atlas records 5 collection-point forms from Msisi, across 5 genera.
10.0164°S 34.5039°E
Msisi is a collection point on Lake Malawi's Tanzanian shore, about 5 km south-south-east of Lifuma.
Where it is
Msisi is on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi, in its northern third (37 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Lifuma 3 mi north-west · Lupingu 4.7 mi south-east · Makonde 5.8 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) (~415 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm
Surface temperature here
Across May–Dec, monthly means run 77 °F to 83 °F — coolest in Aug. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1034 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.