Décrit initialement sous Chetia brevis:
ZooBank:2AB1717D-749F-4083-A4E2-308585CFB4AF.
- Jubb, R.A. 1968. "A new Chetia (Pisces, Cichlidae) from the Incomati River system, eastern Transvaal, South Africa". Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums (Natural History). 6:t 7:71-76 (crc01171)
Conservation: Chetia brevis est évalué par l\'Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature dans la Liste Rouge des espèces menacées comme étant (EN) Menacée (2017). Chetia brevis is threatened by water abstraction, pollution, and siltation from agriculture, as well as by the introduction of alien species within its limited native range. It has therefore been translocated into protected habitats within the Inkomati drainage, including dams in the Kruger National Park. A negative impact on native fishes is not expected. Chetia brevis seems to flourish in the dams (de Moor & Bruton, 1988, Skelton, 2001).