[Cf. BERGLE.] (See quot.)
1860. Bartlett, Dict. Amer., Burgall (Ctenolabrus ceruleus), a small fish very common in New York…. The usual length is about six inches…. Other names … are Nibbler, from its nibbling off the bait when thrown for other fishes, Blue Perch and Conner.
1889. Brooklyn Citizen, 1 Sept., 12/7. There are thousands of minnows, burgalls and other small fish, which ard hard to catch.
