Chizumulu Island

Chizumulu Island is located approximately halfway across Lake Malawi. The island is about 8 kilometers west of Likoma Island. Both islands are inhabited. The island has approximately 4,000 inhabitants. Although both islands are located close to the coast of Mozambique, they belong to Malawi. This was caused by Anglican missionaries from the west crossing Lake Malawi and arriving at the islands.

Originally, the British claimed ownership of the entire Lake Malawi. It was not until 1954 that they signed an agreement dividing Lake Malawi between the neighboring countries. This placed Chizumulu Island in the territorial waters of Mozambique. Both islands therefore form an enclave.

Substrate

Examples of the substrate around Chizumulu Island.

Fish species around Chizumulu Island

Species found around Chizumulu Island include:

• Aulonocara korneliae
• Aulonocara sp. ‘chitande type north’
• Aulonocara sp. ‘walteri’ ,
• Chindongo heteropictus
• Copadichromis chizumuluensis
• Copadichromis sp. ‘yellow jumbo’
• Diplotaxodon greenwoodi
• Hemitaeniochromis sp. ‘paedopage’
• Labidochromis chisumulae
• Labidochromis flavigulis
• Labidochromis strigatus
• Melanochromis robustus
• Metriaclima hajomaylandi
• Metriaclima sp. ‘aurora bevous’
• Metriaclima sp. ‘elongatus goldbar’
• Metriaclima zebra
• Otopharynx heterodon
• Otopharynx sp. ‘auromarginatus jakuta’
• Petrotilapia pyroscelos
• Placidochromis johnstoni
• Protomelas sp. ‘steveni imperial’
• Pseudotropheus interruptus
• Pseudotropheus purpuratus
• Pseudotropheus sp. ‘aggressive yellow fin’
• Pseudotropheus tursiops
• Rhamphochromis sp. ‘long-snout north’
• Tropheops macrophthalmus
• Tropheops sp. ‘elongatus chizumulu’

Below you will find the species that occur around Chizumulu Island and that we have included in our database!

Copyright photos

Pete Barnes