Male from Chemka
A male of Ctenochromis scatebra from Chemka Springs [Tanzania] in the aquarium of Hans van Heusden [Tanzania]. Photo by Hans van Heusden. (24-Jul-2011).

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Last updated on:
26-May-2022

Ctenochromis scatebra Genner, Ngatunga & Turner, 2022


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Original description as Ctenochromis scatebra:

ZooBank:8B105DD6-6E73-4679-81D1-1A63CF668E5C.

  • Genner, Martin & L.-L. Hsu, R.A. Collins, A.M. Smith, A.D. Saxon, A.H. Shechonge, B.P. Ngatunga, G.F. Turner. 2022. "Revision of the African cichlid fish genus Ctenochromis (Teleostei, Cichliformes), including a description of the new genus Shuja from Lake Tanganyika and the new species Ctenochromis scatebra from northern Tanzania". European Journal of Taxonomy. 819:23–54. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.819.1775 (crc11886) (abstract)

Conservation: Ctenochromis scatebra is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.