Fish tattoo ideas

407 photos and flash · 25% Japanese, 14% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Colour tattoo of two stylised blue and purple koi fish with pink flowers and leaves across the top of a foot.
Blue and purple koi with pink flowers on a foot
Four small red, orange and black koi fish tattoos on the back of a hand, which pinches a brass lantern charm.
Four koi fish tattoos on the back of a hand
Colour tattoo of the Pisces zodiac symbol with a blue-green fish and a red and blue fish on an upper arm, in a traditional style.
Pisces symbol and two fish on upper arm
Japanese style full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a koi fish, rolling waves, lotus flowers and a skull, shown from three angles.
Koi, waves and lotus full sleeve
Blue ink drawing of two koi fish circling in a yin and yang arrangement, surrounded by stylised water swirls, in a Japanese style.
Two koi fish in a yin and yang circle
Colour cartoon tattoo of a red spotted fish with blue eyes beside a slice of bread on a bare upper arm.
Red spotted fish beside a slice of bread
Colour tattoo of a dark-haired mermaid with closed eyes and a teal scale tail, surrounded by red fish, on a forearm.
Mermaid with red fish on a forearm
Black and grey tribal line design of a mermaid riding a large fish decorated with sun motifs, paw prints and a small lion, shown without any body placement.
Tribal fish and mermaid design
Colour flash design of a dark-haired mermaid with a green scaled tail seated on a pink and orange shell, holding a pearl necklace among rising bubbles and two yellow fish.
Mermaid on a shell with bubbles
Black lettering tattoo reading faith inside a fish outline, placed on the lower back above the waistband of jeans.
Faith script inside a fish outline on the lower back
Colourful cartoon fish tattoo with a blue body and scale pattern on the ankle of a person sitting on a carpet.
Multicoloured fish tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey outline tattoo of the cartoon mermaid Ariel and her fish friend Flounder on a forearm, with light shading.
Ariel and Flounder on a forearm
Realism tattoo of an orange koi and a black koi on the side of a ribcage, with a short line of Chinese characters beside them.
Orange and black koi on the ribs
Black ink flash drawing of two flowing goldfish with scale detail and a fine geometric hexagon outline, a design suited to a tattoo, shown without a body placement.
Two goldfish with geometric linework
Colourful watercolour-style sea turtle tattoo in pink, yellow, green and blue with fine black linework and a small fish, on a limb.
Watercolour sea turtle with a small fish
Realistic colour tattoo of a white water lily, green lily pads and an orange koi with ripples, across a person's upper back.
Water lily and koi on upper back
Man with a full chest and sleeve Japanese style tattoo of peonies, koi, a lion and clouds on a dark background.
Full torso and sleeve Japanese tattoo with peonies and koi
Black line doodles of kitchen items such as a bottle, bowl and fish on the inner forearm, shown above a wooden chopping board in a kitchen.
Kitchen doodles on a forearm
Colour tattoo of Disney's Ariel, Flounder the fish and Marie the cat among seaweed and bubbles, in a bold neo-traditional style on a forearm.
Ariel, Flounder and Marie on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a great white shark with a school of fish in blue water, on a man's back and side, with red coral at the lower edge.
Great white shark and fish tattoo on the back
Black and grey anchor tattoo on the back filled with starfish, shells, coral, fish and seaweed, with a teal glow around its outline.
Sea life anchor tattoo on the back
Black line drawing of a koi fish with flowing fins and curling waves, shown as a Japanese style tattoo design on a white background.
Koi fish with swirling water design
Colour traditional tattoo of an open-mouthed anglerfish with a pin-up woman in fishnet stockings and red heels, on the side of the ribs.
Anglerfish and pin-up on the side ribs
Close-up of a red goldfish and a black goldfish tattoo with flowing fins on the side of a person's ribs, in soft watercolour-style shading.
Red and black goldfish on the ribs
Black ink line drawing of a shark built from angular geometric facets on white paper, with two black fineliner pens resting above it.
Geometric shark line drawing
Small black fine-line tattoo of a fish outline with a cross over it, on the side of a foot above a wooden floor.
Small fish and cross tattoo on a foot
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a fish with mountains in a circle, framed by diamond outlines and dots, on the upper arm.
Fish and mountains in a diamond frame
Full body Japanese-style tattoo with green and orange dragons, koi and goldfish over black wave-patterned ground across the chest, arms and thighs.
Full body Japanese irezumi with dragons and koi
Japanese style red and orange koi fish tattoo with black swirling waves and white highlights, shown from two angles on a limb.
Red koi fish with black waves
Black line drawing flash sheet of a saguaro-style cactus, prickly pear, crescent moon, fish, sun and wavy lines on a cream background.
Desert cactus flash sheet
Realistic coloured tattoo of a rainbow trout, antlers and a deer skull across a man's upper back and shoulder blade.
Trout, antlers and skull on a back
Realistic red goldfish tattoo with flowing fins on the upper back, with fingers visible at the top edge of the frame.
Red goldfish on upper back
Colour tattoo of two purple and teal koi fish swimming through stylised blue waves, in Japanese style, on a forearm, shown twice side by side.
Purple and teal koi fish on forearm
Black lettering reading faith set inside a fish outline, tattooed on the lower back above a pair of jeans.
Faith script inside a fish outline on lower back
Monochrome traditional flash sheet of lumberjack designs including a bear, log cabin, pin-up with a saw, axe, truck and bearded man, with no body part shown.
Lumberjack themed flash sheet
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a large fish with a solid dark tail fin running down the side of the ribs.
Sketched fish tattoo along the side ribs
Red and blue outline tattoo of a cartoon piranha with an open jaw and spiral eye, shown on a limb of skin.
Outlined piranha on a limb
Colour tattoo of a stylised shark with bold black outlines, blue and yellow shading and a red eye, on the outer thigh.
Stylised shark on the thigh
Colour tattoo of a leaping fish in turquoise, pink and blue with black outlines and splatter dots, on the thigh.
Leaping fish on a thigh
Coloured ink drawing of a leaping trout curved into a circle, with black linework, green, peach and teal washes, and splashes of water around it.
Leaping trout within a circle of splashes
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a mermaid reaching upward, with a small fish and a crab, on the inner wrist.
Mermaid silhouette with fish and crab on wrist
Colour neo-traditional sleeve on an upper arm and forearm showing a princess in a yellow gown holding a rose and a mermaid beside a fish.
Disney princess sleeve across upper arm and forearm
Single-line black ink drawing of a fish with long, flowing fins on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Flowing fish line drawing
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a red koi fish with a pink lotus flower and turquoise waves on the upper back.
Koi fish and lotus on the upper back
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a koi fish leaping through black and grey waves with pink cherry blossoms, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Koi and cherry blossoms on upper arm
Matching fine line fish outlines with the word faith and Heb 11:1 on the feet, near the ankles, in black ink.
Matching faith fish tattoos on feet
Black and grey realistic manta ray tattoo shaded in detail across the upper back near the left shoulder blade.
Manta ray tattoo on upper back
Black and grey geometric fish tattoo with bold linework and dotwork shading on the upper arm.
Geometric fish on an upper arm