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What is a thornback?

What is a thornback? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any animal with a thorny back, especially marine animals, such as:
    1. The thornback guitarfish (Platyrhinoidis triseriata), a species of ray in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean.
    2. The thornback ray or thornback skate (Raja clavata), a species of ray in the Atlantic Ocean.
    3. The thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri), a fish endemic to Australia.
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Thornback and blond rays are most often seen, with brill, plaice, sole, flounder and even turbot on occasion.
Keelan landed bull huss, conger, cod, rockling, pouting and dogfish before latching on to the prize catch of the day, a 20lb 8oz thornback ray.
Eleven of these are of the shark variety, who live in blissful harmony with stingrays, thornback rays, conger eels and dogfish, to name but a few.
Many families of fish include both sea fish and fresh water fish, as for instance, the thornback.
The best ray for eating, and the one best known in Europe, is Raja clavata, the thornback ray.
It's an unusual find on this coast, with thornback being the most copmmon rays, and they turn up only occasionally.

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