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From choke + children. The fish is noted for its boniness, which could prove a choking-hazard to children. May be related to folklore surrounding the Cornish saint St. Leven.
Wright, Joseph (1898) The English Dialect Dictionary, volume 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 593: "Choke-children, the fish Alosa vulgaris, allis-shad, so called from its bony nature;"
Jago, Frederick William Pearce (1882) The Ancient Language and the Dialect of Cornwall, page 132
Hunt, Robert, editor (1865), “Legends of St Leven”, in Popular Romances of the West of England, volume 2, page 12
