Aquarist Atlas
Collection point · Lake Malawi · Malawi

Sani

The atlas records 1 collection-point form from Sani.

13.0256°S 34.3406°E

Sani is a collection point on Lake Malawi's Malawian shore, about 10 km south-south-east of Nkhotakota.

Where it is

Sani is on the western shore of Lake Malawi, in its southern third (245 mi south of the lake's northern tip).

Nearest collection points: Chia 3.3 mi south · Nkhotakota 7.5 mi north · Jalo Reef 11 mi north

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) (~81 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm

Surface temperature here

Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 74 °F to 81 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1258 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.

72°76°80°84°Jan: too few clear satellite days (1)–JFeb: too few clear satellite days (0)–FMar: too few clear satellite days (2)–MApr: 80 °F mean (79 °F–82 °F), 23 clear satellite daysAMay: 78 °F mean (76 °F–80 °F), 121 clear satellite daysMJun: 76 °F mean (75 °F–78 °F), 187 clear satellite daysJJul: 74 °F mean (73 °F–76 °F), 219 clear satellite daysJAug: 75 °F mean (74 °F–76 °F), 274 clear satellite daysASep: 76 °F mean (75 °F–78 °F), 242 clear satellite daysSOct: 79 °F mean (77 °F–81 °F), 133 clear satellite daysONov: 81 °F mean (79 °F–83 °F), 54 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (2)–D
Surface temperature by month near Sani — 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 — Lake Malawi interactive locations map: Sani

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.

Otopharynx (1)

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