Bright fluorescent proteins could be potentially used for transgenic organisms
| Species of origin and designation(s) | Excitation max. (nm) and | Emission max. (nm) and | Oligomerization |
| (extinction coefficient) | (% quantum yield | (MZmonomer, | |
| (103 MK1 cmK1) | DZdimer, TZtetramer) | ||
| Aequorea victoria GFP | 395 (27) | 504 (79) | M |
| A. victoria GFP S65T | 489 (55) | 510 (64) | M |
| A. victoria EGFP | 488 (56) | 508 (60) | M |
| A. victoria GFP Emerald | 487 (58) | 509 (68) | M |
| A. victoria GFP YFP Topaz | 514 (94) | 527 (60) | M |
| A. victoria GFP YFP Venus | 515 (92) | 528 (57) | M |
| Zoanthus sp. ZsGreen | 497 (36) | 506 (63) | M |
| Zoanthus sp. ZsYellow | 528 (20) | 538 (2042) | T |
| Anemonia majano AmCyan | 458 (40) | 486 (24) | T |
| Heteractis crispa t-HcRed1 | 590 (160) | 637 (4) | T |
| Discosoma sp. DsRed | 558 (75) | 583 (79) | T |
| Discosoma sp. mRFP1 | 584 (50) | 607 (25) | M |
| Discosoma sp. dimer2 | 552 (69) | 579 (29) | D |
| Discosoma sp. mOrange | 548 (71) | 562 (69) | M |
| Discosoma sp. dTomato | 554 (69) | 581 (69) | D |
| Discosoma sp. tdTomato | 554 (138) | 581 (69) | D(tandem) |
| Discosoma sp. mStrawberry | 574 (90) | 596 (29) | M |
| Discosoma sp. mCherry | 587 (72) | 610 (22) | M |
| Discosoma sp. mPlum | 590 (41) | 649 (10) | M |
| Galaxeidae sp. Azumi Azami Green (AG) | 492 (72) | 505 (67) | T |
| Galaxeidae sp. mAG | 492 (72) | 505 (81) | M |
| Cerianthus membranaceus cmFP512 | 503 (59) | 512 (66) | T |
| Entacmaea quadricolour eqFP611 | 559 (78) | 611 (45) | T |
| Trachyphyllia geoffroyi Kaede | 508 (99) | 518 (80) | T |
| Acropara sp. MiCy | 472 (27) | 495 (90) | D |
| Fungia concinna KO | 548 (110) | 561 (45) | T |
| Fungia concinna mKO | 548 (52) | 559 (60) | M |
| Phialidium sp. phiYFP | 525 (115) | 537 (60) | D |
| Pontellina plumata pplu GFP2 | 482 (70) | 502 (60) | M |
| Pontella meadi pmeaGFP1 | 489 (99) | 504 (74) | Un |
| Pontella meadi pmeaGFP2 | 487 (98) | 502 (72) | Un |
| Unidentified pdae1GFP | 491 (105) | 511 (68) | U |
| Lobophyllia hemprichii EosFP | 506 (72) | 516 (70) | T |
| 571 (41) | 581 (55) | ||
| Lobophyllia hemprichii d2EosFP | 506 (84) | 516 (66) | D |
| 569 (33) | 581 (60) | ||
| Lobophyllia hemprichii mEosFP | 505 (67) | 516 (64) | M |
| 569 (37) | 581 (66) |
