Aquarist Atlas
Collection point · Lake Tanganyika · Tanzania

Mswa Point

M-swah POYNT (approx.)

The atlas records 2 collection-point forms from Mswa Point, across 2 genera.

7.3505°S 30.6075°E

Mswa Point is a point on Tanzania's Lake Tanganyika shore, just north of Kipili.

Where it is

Mswa Point is on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its southern third (278 mi south of the lake's northern tip).

Nearest collection points: Mtakuja 0.9 mi north · Mabilibili 1.2 mi west · Mwaka 2.4 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 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) (~166 km) — Temperature 24.5 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 662 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 11.9 m

This site

Habitatintermediaterugged lava-like rocks at the point

Surface temperature here

Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 77 °F to 80 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1206 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 (3)–JFeb: too few clear satellite days (3)–FMar: too few clear satellite days (8)–MApr: 80 °F mean (79 °F–83 °F), 15 clear satellite daysAMay: 79 °F mean (78 °F–81 °F), 78 clear satellite daysMJun: 78 °F mean (77 °F–80 °F), 230 clear satellite daysJJul: 77 °F mean (76 °F–78 °F), 312 clear satellite daysJAug: 77 °F mean (76 °F–78 °F), 292 clear satellite daysASep: 78 °F mean (76 °F–79 °F), 182 clear satellite daysSOct: 79 °F mean (78 °F–81 °F), 68 clear satellite daysONov: 80 °F mean (79 °F–82 °F), 13 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (2)–D
Surface temperature by month near Mswa 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 — Mswa Point, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania: location page and photo gallery (captions by African Diving Ltd)

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.

Callochromis (1)

Ophthalmotilapia (1)

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