| The best ray for eating, and the one best known in Europe, is Raja clavata, the thornback ray. |
| It is these purses, and those of the thornback and the edible skate, that we oftenest pick up on the English coast. |
| The boy gave a curious half-sad smile, without turning his eyes from the thornback, and said nothing. |
| It's an unusual find on this coast, with thornback being the most copmmon rays, and they turn up only occasionally. |
| 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. |
| Thornback and blond rays are most often seen, with brill, plaice, sole, flounder and even turbot on occasion. |
