Height map greyscale image to mesh problem

I've gone through several YouTube videos to try and figure out what is wrong but my height map image I generated with ChatGPT (of a fish) is obviously messed up.

https://preview.redd.it/ljfqoa44ylbh1.png?width=1402&format=png&auto=webp&s=01d5e88f87ad9e6050bc20937826eaf3a90541e6

I did have to convert the image itself to a greyscale colorspace.

I did:

Add->Mesh->Plane

Subdivision Surface

Deform->Displace

In the texture section where I loaded the image from I made sure I had "Non-color" selected:

https://preview.redd.it/fktcnqy42mbh1.png?width=1340&format=png&auto=webp&s=f944443ef975a1ce5a92d75332d09b5b1aec16bd

Any help would be appreciated. The eventual goal is to create object that I will mill on a CNC with Fusion 360.