The Petitcodiac

The Watershed

Natural Values

Species

Historical Values

River Art

Voices of the Petitcodiac

Species of the Petitcodiac

Fish

Common Name	Latin Name	Status*
Alewife, Gasperau	Alosa pseudoharengus	(r)
American Eel	Anguilla rostrata	(r)
American Shad	Alosa sapidissima	(e)
Atlantic Salmon	Salmo salar	(e)
Atlantic Tomcod	Microgadus tomcod	(probably e)
Blueback Herring	Alosa aestivalis	(r)
Brook Trout	Salvelinus fontinalis	(r)
Brown Bullhead	Ameiurus nebulosus	(i)
Chain Pickerel	Esox niger	(i)
Rainbow Smelt	Osmerus mordax	(r)
Smallmouth Bass	Micropterus dolomieui	(i)
Stripped Bass	Morone saxatilis	(e)
White Perch	Morone americana	N/A
White Sucker	Catostomus commersoni	N/A

*Current status of the specie in the Petitcodiac watershed: (e) eliminated, (r) reduced population, (i) illegally introduced

Marine Plants (macrophytes)

• Broad-Leaf Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
• Broad-leaved Cattail (Typha latifolia)
• Dock-leaved Knotweed (Polygonum lapathifolium)
• Emersed Ponweed (Potamogeton epihydrus)
• Purple Loosetrife (Lythrum salicaria)
• Slender Naiad (Najas flexilis)
• Yellow Water lily (Nuphar variegatum)
  

Freshwater Molluscs (benthic invertabrates)

• Brook Floater (Alasmidonta varicosa)
• Dwarf Wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon)
• Eastern Elliptio (Elliptio complanata)
• Eastern Floater (Pyganodon cataracta)
• Eastern Pearlshell (Magaritifera margaritifera)
• Triangle Floater (Alasmidonta undulata)

References

• Scott W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic Fishes of Canada. Can. Bull. Fish. Aquat. Sci. no. 219: 731 p.
• Clark Arthur H. 1981. The Freshwater Molluscs of Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences/ National Museums of Canada. 446 p.
• Locke A. and R. Bernier. 2000. Annotated bibliography of aquatc biology and habitat of the Petitcodiac River system, New Brunswick. Can. Manuscr. Rep. Aquat. Sci. no. 2518: 162 p.
• Locke A., J.M. Hanson, G.J. Klassen, S.M. Richardson and C.I. Aubé. 2000. The damming of the Petitcodiac River: Species, populations and habitats lost. Northeastern Naturalist. 14 p.
• Sentinelles Petitcodiac Riverkeeper. 2000. No. 97- An overview of 96 Reports on the Petitcodiac River (1961 - 2000) / No. 97 - Résumé de 96 rapports sur la rivière Petitcodiac (1961 - 2000). 73 p.