Halibut Cook Inlet reported increased instances of a condition known as "mushy halibut syndrome". The meat of affected fish has a "jelly-like" consistency. When cooked it does not flake in the normal manner of halibut but rather falls apart. The meat is still perfectly safe to eat but the appearance and consistency are considered unappetizing. The exact cause of the condition is unknown but may be related to a change in diet. Halibut Halibut is a common name principally applied to the two flatfish in the genus "Hippoglossus" from the family of right-eye flounders. Less commonly, and in some regions only,
Fourhorn poacher more commonly reach a TL of . The maximum recorded weight is , and the maximum recorded age is 7 years. The fourhorn poacher is preyed on by "Hippoglossus stenolepis". Its own diet consists of crustaceans including shrimp, crabs, isopods, amphipods, and ostracods, as well as bony fish, gastropods, and polychaetes. Fourhorn poacher The fourhorn poacher ("Hypsagonus quadricornis", also known as the four-horned sea-poacher) is a fish in the family Agonidae (poachers). It was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1829, originally under the genus "Aspidophorus". It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling fish which is known from the northern Pacific Ocean,