Mwila Island
m-WEE-lah EYE-land (approx.)
The atlas records 4 collection-point forms from Mwila Island, across 4 genera.
7.3993°S 30.5913°E
Mwila Island is an island in Lake Tanganyika's Tanzanian waters, about 2 km north-east of Kerenge Island.
Where it is
Mwila Island is on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its southern third (281 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Kirando 0.6 mi east · Sela 0.6 mi east · Kerenge Island 1.1 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: Mpulungu (south basin) (~162 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 80 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1212 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
Captions place Kasola Hill about 10 km away, between Kalanswi Bay and Chongo Bay, and describe Kamamba Island as lying to the left of Kerenge Island, with Mwila Island on Kerenge's other side.
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.