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.