Collection point · Lake Tanganyika · DR Congo

Mulunguzi

moo-loon-GOO-zee (approx.)

The atlas records 1 collection-point form from Mulunguzi.

7.0772°S 29.8527°E

Mulunguzi is a collection point on DR Congo's Lake Tanganyika shore, under 1 km west-south-west of Mulunguzi River.

Where it is

Mulunguzi is on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its southern third (259 mi south of the lake's northern tip).

Nearest collection points: Moba 5.3 mi west · Kanoni 11 mi east · Mtoto 11 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) (~233 km) — Temperature 24.5 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 662 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 11.9 m

Surface temperature here

Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 77 °F to 81 °F — coolest in Aug. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1053 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 (2)–FMar: too few clear satellite days (5)–MApr: 81 °F mean (80 °F–83 °F), 13 clear satellite daysAMay: 80 °F mean (78 °F–81 °F), 74 clear satellite daysMJun: 78 °F mean (77 °F–80 °F), 227 clear satellite daysJJul: 77 °F mean (76 °F–78 °F), 301 clear satellite daysJAug: 77 °F mean (76 °F–78 °F), 250 clear satellite daysASep: 78 °F mean (76 °F–79 °F), 127 clear satellite daysSOct: 79 °F mean (77 °F–80 °F), 41 clear satellite daysONov: 80 °F mean (79 °F–81 °F), 10 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (1)–D
Surface temperature by month near Mulunguzi — 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 — Mulunguzi, Lake Tanganyika, DR Congo: location page and photo gallery

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.

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