Senga Bay
SEHN-gah BAY (approx.)
The atlas records 31 collection-point forms from Senga Bay, across 16 genera.
13.7559°S 34.6229°E
Senga Bay is a collection point on Lake Malawi's central-western Malawian shore, about 3 km south-west of Namalenje Island and 5 km south of Senga Point.
Where it is
Senga Bay is on the western shore of Lake Malawi, in its southern third (296 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Kambiri Point 1.4 mi south · Namalenje Island 2.1 mi north-east · Senga Point 2.9 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.
Nearest measured station: Salima (south-east shore) (~24 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm
This site
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 (1334 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.