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or cony(both: k´n), name used for the rabbit (Oryctolagus) and for its fur; more often, for the pika, a small rodent found at high altitudes in both hemispheres; and for the hyrax, a small herbivorous, ...

 


Called coney or sheefish in the Northwest Territories, they resemble a large herring, with a dark back, silvery sides and large scales. A fat, oil rich fish, it can be cooked like salmon, and is delicious smoked.
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Cephalopholis fulva, Coney
Cephalorhynchus hectori, Hector's Dolphin
Chaetodon guentheri, Crochet Butterflyfish
Chaetodon kleinii, Sunburst Butterflyfish
Chaetodon selene, Yellow-dotted Butterflyfish
Chaetodon meyeri, Scrawled Butterflyfish ...

Gray-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus: Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, 31 Jul
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus: Veteran's Memorial Pier, Brooklyn, NY, 20 Jan
Laughing Gull Chroicicephalus atricilla: Burlington, NJ, 10 Apr ...

HYRACOIDEA, a suborder of ungulate mammals represented at the present day only by the Syrian hyrax (Procavia syriaca), the "coney" of the Bible, and its numerous African relatives, ...

The Caribbean coney (Cephalopholis fulva) demonstrates a more advanced color shift. Normally this fish is chocolate brown with blue-rimmed black spots.

Other hyrax nicknames include pimbi, stone badger, cape hyrax, coney, and klipdas.
-Hyrax colonies use the same area for their toilet, leaving white stains on the rocks.

Coney (Cephalopholis fulva)
Yellowfin grouper (Mycteroperca venenosa)
Yellowedge grouper (Epinephelus flavolimbatus)
False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)
Black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci)
Rainbow parrotfish (Scarus guacamaia) ...

sold for the price of a guinea coin; this theory is untenable, because the guinea was first struck in England in 1663, and William Harvey used the term "Ginny-pig" as early as 1653.[27] Others believe "guinea" may be an alteration of the word coney ...

Coney' is the proper name for an adult, while “rabbit' is the name for the young animals.

Graysbys eat fishes such as chromis, squirrelfishes and gobies, as well as crustaceans such as crabs and shrimp. They have also been known to eat smaller groupers, such as coneys and even other graysbys.

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Catesby's Birds of Colonial America by Alan Feduccia (Ed.)
Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas by Hugh E. Kingery (Ed.)
Compact Guide to Birds of the Rockies by G. Holroyd and H. Coneybeare ...

See also: Rabbit, Grouper, Turtle, Swallow, Coral

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