Penga Penga Island
PEHN-gah PEHN-gah EYE-land (approx.)
The atlas records 5 collection-point forms from Penga Penga Island, across 4 genera.
13.4323°S 34.4999°E
Penga Penga Island is an island in Lake Malawi's Malawian waters, under 1 km east-south-east of Ababi Island.
Where it is
Penga Penga Island is in open water about 8.7 mi off the western shore, in the southern third of Lake Malawi (273 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Ababi Island 0.2 mi west · Mbenji Island 0.6 mi south-west · Fuawe Island 1.7 mi 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 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) (~37 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 (1320 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
Site photographs place Penga Penga Island alongside Kampambe, Mbenji, and Ababi Islands, with Penga Penga in front of Ababi Island.
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.