Original description:
- 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)
Type species: Chromis horei Günther, 1893 (original designation).
Described species included (3):
valid: 1 synonym: 2- Chromis horei Günther, 1893 (valid)
- Tilapia rubropunctata Boulenger, 1899 (synonym)
- Tilapia fasciata tanganaicae Borodin, 1936 (synonym)