Collection point · Lake Malawi · Malawi

Ndomo Point

n-DOH-moh POYNT (approx.)

The atlas records 10 collection-point forms from Ndomo Point, across 8 genera.

12.0842°S 34.7087°E

Ndomo Point is a point on Likoma Island, Lake Malawi, under 1 km west-north-west of Msekwa Beach.

Where it is

Ndomo Point is in open water about 4.3 mi off the eastern shore, in the central third of Lake Malawi (180 mi south of the lake's northern tip).

Nearest collection points: Likoma Island 1.8 mi north-east · Masimbwe Island 2.1 mi south-east · Chisanga Point 2.4 mi 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.

Temperature75.2–84.2 °F24–29 °C
pH8.2–8.6alkaline
Hardnessmoderately soft, alkaline, well-buffered79 ppm
Conductivity≈250–260 µS/cmmeasured range

Nearest measured station: Salima (south-east shore) (~188 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm

Surface temperature here

Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 76 °F to 82 °F — coolest in Aug. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1243 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.

74°77°80°83°Jan: too few clear satellite days (0)–JFeb: too few clear satellite days (1)–FMar: too few clear satellite days (2)–MApr: 82 °F mean (80 °F–83 °F), 19 clear satellite daysAMay: 80 °F mean (78 °F–81 °F), 99 clear satellite daysMJun: 78 °F mean (77 °F–79 °F), 163 clear satellite daysJJul: 76 °F mean (75 °F–77 °F), 220 clear satellite daysJAug: 76 °F mean (75 °F–77 °F), 264 clear satellite daysASep: 77 °F mean (76 °F–78 °F), 246 clear satellite daysSOct: 80 °F mean (78 °F–81 °F), 160 clear satellite daysONov: 82 °F mean (80 °F–84 °F), 65 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (4)–D
Surface temperature by month near Ndomo 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. malawi.si — Ndomo Point, Likoma Island, Lake Malawi, Malawi: location page and photo gallery (captions by Pam Chin, Pete Barnes)

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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