# The Atoz Game (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 2, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341 "2025-12-02T22:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 75
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1481 "2026-08-06T11:33:55Z")
**Fish** Alligator gar Bass Carp Damselfish / Dolphin Electric eel Flounder Grouper Hammerhead shark Ictalurus furcatus (blue catfish) Jack Dempsey Kokanee Lionfish Monkfish Neon tetra Oscar Plecostomus Queen Loach Roach Speckled trout ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1482 "2026-08-06T14:00:53Z")
**Fish** Alligator gar Bass Carp Damselfish / Dolphin Electric eel Flounder Grouper Hammerhead shark Ictalurus furcatus (blue catfish) Jack Dempsey Kokanee Lionfish Monkfish Neon tetra Oscar Plecostomus Queen Loach Roach Speckled trout Tiger shark ---
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**Fish** Alligator gar Bass Carp Damselfish / Dolphin Electric eel Flounder Grouper Hammerhead shark Ictalurus furcatus (blue catfish) Jack Dempsey Kokanee Lionfish Monkfish Neon tetra Oscar Plecostomus Queen Loach Roach Speckled trout Tiger shark Unicorn crestfish A remarkably fugly fish: [Eumecichthys - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eumecichthys) ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1484 "2026-08-10T13:10:39Z")
**Fish** Alligator gar Bass Carp Damselfish / Dolphin Electric eel Flounder Grouper Hammerhead shark Ictalurus furcatus (blue catfish) Jack Dempsey Kokanee Lionfish Monkfish Neon tetra Oscar Plecostomus Queen Loach Roach Speckled trout Tiger shark Unicorn crestfish Vermillion snapper ---
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**Fish** Alligator gar Bass Carp Damselfish / Dolphin Electric eel Flounder Grouper Hammerhead shark Ictalurus furcatus (blue catfish) Jack Dempsey Kokanee Lionfish Monkfish Neon tetra Oscar Plecostomus Queen Loach Roach Speckled trout Tiger shark Unicorn crestfish Vermillion snapper Walleye ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1486 "2026-08-10T14:48:41Z")
**Fish** Alligator gar Bass Carp Damselfish / Dolphin Electric eel Flounder Grouper Hammerhead shark Ictalurus furcatus (blue catfish) Jack Dempsey Kokanee Lionfish Monkfish Neon tetra Oscar Plecostomus Queen Loach Roach Speckled trout Tiger shark Unicorn crestfish Vermillion snapper Walleye X-ray Tetra > **[Pristella maxillaris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pristella_maxillaris)** > > Pristella maxillaris, also known as the X-ray tetra or X-ray fish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. This translucent fish is found in South America and is a popular aquarium fish. Pristella maxillaris was first formally described as Aphyocarax maxillaris in 1894 by the American biologist Albert B. Ulrey, with its type locality given as Brazil; a more precise location is thought likely to be eastern Pará. In 1908, Carl H... ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1487 "2026-08-10T14:51:10Z")
**Fish** Alligator gar Bass Carp Damselfish / Dolphin Electric eel Flounder Grouper Hammerhead shark Ictalurus furcatus (blue catfish) Jack Dempsey Kokanee Lionfish Monkfish Neon tetra Oscar Plecostomus Queen Loach Roach Speckled trout Tiger shark Unicorn crestfish Vermillion snapper Walleye X-ray Tetra Yellowfin tuna ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1488 "2026-08-12T16:18:56Z")
**Fish** Alligator gar Bass Carp Damselfish / Dolphin Electric eel Flounder Grouper Hammerhead shark Ictalurus furcatus (blue catfish) Jack Dempsey Kokanee Lionfish Monkfish Neon tetra Oscar Plecostomus Queen Loach Roach Speckled trout Tiger shark Unicorn crestfish Vermillion snapper Walleye X-ray Tetra Yellowfin tuna Zebra angelfish **The Stephen King universe** Abagail Freemantle ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1489 "2026-08-12T17:18:53Z")
**The Stephen King universe** Abagail Freemantle Bannerman, George ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1490 "2026-08-12T19:31:28Z")
**The Stephen King universe** Abagail Freemantle Bannerman, George Carrie White ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1491 "2026-08-12T19:35:44Z")
**The Stephen King universe** Abagail Freemantle Bannerman, George Carrie White Dark Tower, The ---
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**The Stephen King universe** Abagail Freemantle Bannerman, George Carrie White Dark Tower, The Eyes of the Dragon, The ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1493 "2026-08-13T04:18:52Z")
**The Stephen King universe** Abagail Freemantle Bannerman, George Carrie White Dark Tower, The Eyes of the Dragon, The Firestarter ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1494 "2026-08-13T05:08:48Z")
**The Stephen King universe** Abagail Freemantle Bannerman, George Carrie White Dark Tower, The Eyes of the Dragon, The Firestarter Gordie LaChance ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1495 "2026-08-13T12:05:11Z")
**The Stephen King universe** Abagail Freemantle Bannerman, George Carrie White Dark Tower, The Eyes of the Dragon, The Firestarter Gordie LaChance Haven, Maine Location of _The Tommyknockers_, and mentioned in a few other books and short stories. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1496 "2026-08-13T16:35:50Z")
**The Stephen King universe** Abagail Freemantle Bannerman, George Carrie White Dark Tower, The Eyes of the Dragon, The Firestarter Gordie LaChance Haven, Maine It ---
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**The Stephen King universe** Abagail Freemantle Bannerman, George Carrie White Dark Tower, The Eyes of the Dragon, The Firestarter Gordie LaChance Haven, Maine It **JIMLA!** ---
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**The Stephen King universe** Abagail Freemantle Bannerman, George Carrie White Dark Tower, The Eyes of the Dragon, The Firestarter Gordie LaChance Haven, Maine It **JIMLA!** Kojak The faithful Irish Setter in The Stand; formerly named Big Steve ---
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**The Stephen King universe** Abagail Freemantle Bannerman, George Carrie White Dark Tower, The Eyes of the Dragon, The Firestarter Gordie LaChance Haven, Maine It **JIMLA!** Kojak Langoleers ---
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