Nkhomo Reef
n-KOH-moh REEF (approx.)
The atlas records 21 collection-point forms from Nkhomo Reef, across 12 genera.
13.3267°S 34.3572°E
Nkhomo Reef is a reef off Lake Malawi's Malawian shore, about 7 km north-east of Benga.
Where it is
Nkhomo Reef is in open water about 3.1 mi off the western shore, in the southern third of Lake Malawi (266 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Fuawe Island 11 mi south-east · Mbenji Island 12 mi south-east · Ababi Island 12 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: Salima (south-east shore) (~47 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm
Surface temperature here
Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 75 °F to 82 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1306 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.