Muzimu
moo-ZEE-moo (approx.)
Also traded as “Muzimu (Kushangaza)”
The atlas records 12 collection-point forms from Muzimu, across 10 genera.
4.0903°S 29.2593°E
Muzimu lies on Lake Tanganyika's DR Congo shore, under 1 km west-south-west of Cape Muzimu.
Where it is
Muzimu is on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its northern third (52 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Cape Banza 3 mi north-west · Kizinga 3.7 mi south-west · Kiriza 6.2 mi south-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.
Nearest measured station: North basin (Bujumbura / Uvira) (~66 km) — Temperature 25.8 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 659 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 8.7 m
Surface temperature here
Across 7 of 12 months, monthly means run 78 °F to 80 °F — coolest in Aug. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (554 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.