Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-33188476-20170120003955/@comment-68.67.247.58-20170211142511

Red herring is a term for a smoked herring, as in cooking terms. And it looked nothing like a real herring, just because his name was herring doesn't mean he was one. He looks like a yelloweyed rockfish, due to the spines and color, because there isn't a species of herring that is actually red.