Mvunguti
m-voon-GOO-tee (approx.)
The atlas records 7 collection-point forms from Mvunguti, across 6 genera.
14.0350°S 34.9033°E
Mvunguti is a collection point on Lake Malawi's Malawian shore, under 1 km north-west of Tsano Rock.
Where it is
Mvunguti is on the western shore of Lake Malawi, in its southern third (315 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Tsano Rock 0.6 mi south-east · Thumbi East Island 2.4 mi south-east · Monkey Bay 2.5 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 Malawi — collection points share their lake's water; site-specific figures are shown only where the literature records them.
Nearest measured station: Monkey Bay (south basin) (~2 km) — Visibility (Secchi) 12.5 m
This site
Surface temperature here
Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 75 °F to 81 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1472 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.
The site
A site caption describes the shore just north of Mvunguti Village as rocky.
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.