It is not the same. Channel catfish and Qingjiang fish are different fish species, living in the Yangtze River system, from the Yellow River to the Minjiang River system are distributed, suitable for the water temperature is generally between 24 ℃ ~ 28 ℃; Qingjiang fish is grown in Hubei Qingjiang reservoir area of fish collectively, suitable for the water temperature is generally between 10 ℃ ~ 32 ℃. So catfish and Qingjiang fish are not the same. Channel catfish is a benthic fish, like to inhabit in the slow current, deep water and the bottom of the water more rocks, branches and other hidden rivers and bays, lakes and reservoirs and other bodies of water; Qingjiang fish for swimming fish, usually distributed in the deeper waters near the rock wall, the night by the shore habitat.