Descripción original como Ctenochromis pectoralis:
ZooBank:A8826D1A-522C-438E-AF1C-D287A96FDAFD.
- Pfeffer, G.J. 1893. "Ostafrikanische Fische gesammelt von Herrn Dr. F. Stuhlmann im Jahre 1888 und 1889". Jahrbücher der Hamburgischen wissenschaftlichen Anstalt. 10(2):130-177 (crc00090)
Conservación: Ctenochromis pectoralis es evaluada por la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza en la lista roja de especies amenazadas como (EX) Extinta (1996). Ctenochromis pectoralis is erroneously classified as ‘extinct‘ in the IUCN red list. Evidently it has been confused there (as well as in FishBase) with Harpagochromis squamulatus from Lake Victoria, see comments. According to Seegers (personal communication), Ctenochromis pectoralis is very common, and there is not even a trace of danger of extinction.