A new study has identified several biofluorescent fish in neon colors like red, green, blue and orange dwelling mostly in tropical coral reefs.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the study, published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One, identified 180 new species that glow just around their eyes, in special patterns on their backs or bellies or throughout their entire body.

"There is a whole light show going on down there," study lead author John Sparks, a curator of ichthyology at the American Museum of Natural History, told the LAT. "There have been studies on corals that are biofluorescent, but for fish, virtually nothing was known."

Gruber said the study is important for additional reasons such as fluorescent proteins being used in future experimental biology studies.

"The discovery of green fluorescent protein in a hydrozoan jellyfish in the 1960s has provided a revolutionary tool for modern biologists, transforming our study of everything from the AIDS virus to the workings of the brain," Gruber said in the release. "This study suggests that fish biofluorescence might be another rich reservoir of new fluorescent proteins."