| The most common are dragonets, topknots, dabs, plaice and, if you're lucky, the occasional anglerfish and thornback ray. |
| The boy gave a curious half-sad smile, without turning his eyes from the thornback, and said nothing. |
| 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. |
| The thornback is another ugly fellow of this family, having spines on his back and a double row of them down his tail. |
| Most of the skate sold in fish shops is in fact thornback ray, and in the Southeast the fish has the local name roker. |
