A name for the Burbot.
1721. R. Bradley, Wks. Nat., 65. They frequently take at the Buoy of the Nore, about Christmas, a Fish which they call a Coney-Fish, somewhat like an Eel.
1880–4. F. Day, Fishes Gt. Britain, I. 309. Coney-fish appears to be derived from its habit of lurking in holes of river banks, as a coney, or rabbit, does on land.
