| 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. |
| The best ray for eating, and the one best known in Europe, is Raja clavata, the thornback ray. |
| Most of the skate sold in fish shops is in fact thornback ray, and in the Southeast the fish has the local name roker. |
| The boy gave a curious half-sad smile, without turning his eyes from the thornback, and said nothing. |
| The thornback is another ugly fellow of this family, having spines on his back and a double row of them down his tail. |
