Two people experienced severe symptoms of food poisoning shortly after attending a dinner party in Houston. The barracuda and snapper that were served had been caught off the coast of Texas. Both cases reported itchy skin, gastrointestinal distress, and neurological symptoms. Ciguatera poisoning can occur when fish containing high levels of a toxin made by the dinoflagellate, Gambierdiscus toxicus, are consumed. Ciguatera toxins were not normally associated with fish off the coast of Texas, but this was not the first documented instance of ciguatera poisoning.