Are cockroaches really members of the Carp (fish) Family?
Clifford, A cockroach and a carp are in two different Phyla. The cockroach is an Arthropod and the carp is a Vertebrate. The closest traditional link is that they are both in the Animal Kingdom. Some have been confused perhaps by the close spelling of the Stick Insect’s scientific name, Carausius morosus, URL: http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/biologie/Kybernetik/research/morphology.html and the gold fish’s scientific name, Carasius auratus, URL: http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/freshfish/text/210.htm The similar spelling of the Genera of the stick insect (Carausius) which is sometimes grouped with the cockroach and the goldfish (Carasius) which is related to the carp could have confused some into thinking a carp and cockroach were closely related. However your confusion is more likely based on the carp having another common name, the roach, BUT not the cock-roach.
