43 species of fresh water fishes
occur in Nova Scotia
The Petite River and Tusket River
in Nova Scotia are home to the only populations of Atlantic Whitefish
known in the world and are at risk from illegal introductions of
Smallmouth Bass and Chain Pickerel
230 species occur in Canada
There are over 10,000 species of
fresh water fishes in the world
Fresh water fishes had the
highest proportion of exotic (i.e. introduced) species (EXOTIC ~17.0%)
of any taxonomic group considered
