red herring A red herring is a figurative expression referring to a logical fallacy in which a clue or piece of information is or is intended to be misleading, or distracting from the actual question. Red herring may also refer to: Animals * Red herring (fish ...

is a figurative expression referring to a logical fallacy in which a clue or piece of information is or is intended to be misleading, or distracting from the actual question. Red herring may also refer to:

Animals

Red herring (fish) A kipper is a whole herring, a small, oily fish, that has been split in a butterfly fashion from tail to head along the dorsal ridge, gutted, salted or pickled, and cold-smoked over smouldering wood chips (typically oak). In the United King ...

, a type of kipper made from dried, smoked, and salted fish

Art, entertainment, and media

* ''Red Herring'' (magazine), a former magazine focused on new technology businesses; now a website devoted to same * Red Herring, a character in the cartoon series ''

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo ''A Pup Named Scooby-Doo'' is an American animated mystery comedy series produced by Hanna-Barbera. It is the eighth incarnation of the studio's ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise and depicts younger versions of the title character and his human compani ...

'' * ''Red Herring'', a 2012 film starring

Holly Valance Holly Rachel Candy (; born 11 May 1983), known professionally as Holly Valance, is an Australian actress and singer. Valance began her acting career on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', as Felicity Scully (1999–2002, 2005, 2022). S ...

* ''Red Herring'' (play), a 2000 play by

Michael Hollinger Michael Hollinger (born January 13, 1962 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American playwright who is currently an associate professor of theatre at Villanova University and an alumnus of New Dramatists. He received a Bachelor of Music in viola p ...

* "Red Herring", a trance single by the band

Union Jack The Union Jack, or Union Flag, is the ''de facto'' national flag of the United Kingdom. Although no law has been passed making the Union Flag the official national flag of the United Kingdom, it has effectively become such through precedent. ...

Red Herring Artists Red Herring is an artists' collective based in Brighton and Hove, England, founded in 1984. It is a non-profit making company, the group was set up to provide affordable Studio space for artists with the aim of increasing public awareness of the ...

, an artist's collective based in Brighton, England * Boxer

James Red Herring James Bryan Herring (March 19, 1896 – May 7, 1974), also known as Red Herring, was an American boxer, who claimed the world light welterweight championship in 1925. Early life and career Herring was born on March 19, 1896, in Paducah, Kentuck ...

was also known in the ring simply as Red Herring.

Business

Red herring prospectus A red herring prospectus, as a first or preliminary prospectus, is a document submitted by a company (issuer) as part of a public offering of securities (either stocks or bonds). Most frequently associated with an initial public offering (IPO), th ...

, a preliminary financial prospectus offering a new stock (in red type) * Red Herring Surf, a brand of surfwear in Tasmania, Australia {{disambiguation