Original description as Chromis horei:
ZooBank:B32E692C-3AE2-4ED8-B827-00BB8C0AC76E.
- Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1894. "Descriptions of the reptiles and fishes collected by Mr. E. Coode-Hore on Lake Tanganyika". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. v. 1893 (n. 4): pp. 628-632 (crc00212)
Synonyms (2):
- Tilapia rubropunctata Boulenger, 1899, with type locality at Moliro, Zaire [Democratic Republic of Congo], southern Lake Tanganyika. Determiner: Pellegrin, 1904
- Tilapia fasciata tanganaicae Borodin, 1936, with type locality at Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria. Determiner: Trewavas, 1946
Conservation: Ctenochromis horei is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).