In fact, in1839 at the latest the Qing naturalist Zheng Guangzu in his Yi Ban Lu had reported the fish and keenly recognized that it was the outcome of natural evolution of living things to adapt themselves to circumstances.

• 实际上,至迟在1839年,清代博物学家郑光祖在《一斑录》中,不仅早已记载了盲鱼,而且敏锐地认识到盲鱼是生物本身适应环境的自然演进。