Fish tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink line drawing of a koi fish swimming upward, with detailed scale pattern and fins, in Japanese tattoo flash style, with no body placement shown.
Koi fish line drawing design
A man with full-body Japanese style tattoos in green, red and cream, showing a koi fish and peony flowers on the torso and arms, with his hands clasped in front of white underwear.
Japanese koi and peony tattoos on torso and arms
Black line drawing flash sheet of a geometric style design, with two facing stylised birds at the top, a horizontal band of X-shaped motifs in the middle and a stepped chevron below.
Geometric flash sheet with birds, band and chevron
Black script lettering reading I Love You to the moon and back on the side of the body, with a small green crescent moon, stars and a fish outline.
I love you to the moon and back lettering
A colourful Japanese-style tattoo sleeve covering a leg from thigh to calf, with a yellow creature, a red fish and green clouds.
Colourful Japanese-style leg sleeve
Nine black silhouette designs on white tiles showing a starfish, scallop shell, fish, seahorse, crab, jellyfish, shell, sea turtle and coral.
Sea creature silhouette design sheet
Two forearms lie side by side on white bedding, one with a black koi fish tattoo and the other with a red koi fish tattoo, both in a brush-like Japanese style.
Black and red koi tattoos on forearms
Bare back with a colour Japanese tattoo of a cherry blossom branch over the shoulder and upper back, and koi fish among grey pebbles on the lower back.
Cherry blossom and koi across a back
Two black and grey realistic goldfish tattoos sit either side of the upper chest, with shaded scales and flowing fins.
Twin black and grey goldfish on the chest
Fine line black tattoo of a fish outline with letters inside, placed on the side of a person's ankle in a greyscale photo.
Fine line fish outline on ankle
Close-up of a bold black Pisces zodiac symbol tattoo on skin, with two curved fish shapes joined by a central line.
Pisces zodiac symbol tattoo
Colourful ornate seahorse tattoo with a curled tail on the side of a woman's neck, beside three seahorse designs on a tan background.
Ornate seahorse tattoo on the neck
Japanese style flash drawing of a red koi carp with maple leaves, grey swirling waves and a purple lotus, with Japanese characters beside it.
Koi carp flash with maple leaves and waves
Fine line tattoo of the word faith in cursive script inside a fish outline on skin.
Faith script inside a fish outline
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of an oni demon mask with koi fish and clouds covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Oni mask and koi on upper arm and shoulder
Black and grey koi fish tattoo with dotwork scale shading and fine line sprigs of foliage on a forearm.
Koi fish and fine line foliage on a forearm
Fine line black and grey pufferfish tattoo on the lower leg, with a small crescent moon tattoo near the ankle.
Pufferfish on a lower leg
Colour tattoo on a thigh showing an animated-style woman with long dark hair beside a red crab and a small fish against blue water, in a neo-traditional style.
Animated woman and red crab on thigh
Neo-trad style flash design of a brown otter curling through blue water beside a fish, framed by swirling waves and bubbles in a circle.
Otter and fish in swirling water
Traditional style flash drawing of a pin-up mermaid with a green tail seated in a clam shell, surrounded by bubbles, pearls and two small fish.
Mermaid in a clam shell flash
Black line drawing flash of two koi fish and three lotus flowers, with an Om symbol in the central lotus, in a Japanese style.
Koi fish and lotus flowers design
Red koi fish with a white lotus flower and grey water swirls in Japanese style across a person's upper back.
Koi fish and lotus on the upper back
Small fine line black outline of a fish tattooed on the inner wrist, shown on pale skin against a green background.
Small fish outline on the wrist
Fine line fishing rod and reel tattoo running along a finger on the hand, with a coloured trout hanging from the line on another finger.
Fishing rod and trout on fingers
Sketched black and grey fish with flowing fins, surrounded by turquoise circles, a comb and a spiky sea urchin shape, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Sketched fish and blue bubbles on the ribs
Colour Japanese style tattoo of two koi fish and pink blossoms with swirling linework across the upper thigh and hip.
Koi fish and blossoms on a thigh
Purple flash design of a mermaid silhouette with swirling hair and a curled tail, holding a fish, shown without any body placement.
Mermaid silhouette with swirling hair
Watercolour-style tattoo of a black koi and a red fish on the upper back, between the shoulder blades and the neck.
Black and red koi fish on upper back
Close-up of a small fine line fish outline tattoo in black ink on the top of a foot, near the base of the toes.
Small fish outline on the top of a foot
Black line-art flash sheet of twelve zodiac-style designs, including an archer, a ram, a fish, a lion, a crab, a scorpion and a pair of scales, on a white background.
Set of zodiac-style line designs
Vivid watercolour-style koi fish with green lily pads and blue ink splashes tattooed on the side of the ribs.
Koi fish and lily pads on the ribs
Colour tattoo of blue, yellow and orange fish scales showing through a torn skin effect on the outer thigh.
Fish scales revealed through torn skin on thigh
Black and grey drawing of a fish with a sailing ship and waves in its body and a skeletal tail, a neo-traditional style tattoo design on paper.
Ship-filled fish with skeleton tail design
Front and back views of a full body Japanese style tattoo with a large orange koi, cherry blossoms and grey waves across the back, arms, torso and legs.
Full body Japanese irezumi with koi and cherry blossom
Colour tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat holding a teal fish on the forearm, outlined in bold black linework.
Maneki-neko cat on a forearm
Colour Japanese style tattoo of two koi fish among teal waves and red clover shapes across a person's back.
Koi fish and waves across a back
Three tribal-style shark designs on a parchment background, in tan, sage green and black, shown as tattoo flash without any body placement.
Three tribal shark designs
Black ink Ichthys fish tattoo with the word faith in script, sitting on the top of a foot beside pink painted toenails.
Ichthys fish with faith on a foot
Black ink drawing of a mermaid skeleton with long flowing hair, swimming beside two fish skeletons, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Skeletal mermaid with fish skeletons
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a red koi and a pale koi swimming over dark blue waves, on the inner forearm.
Red and white koi fish in waves on a forearm
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a bird holding a ship in a shield on the upper arm, with a fish and a flower on the forearm and elbow.
Bird and ship on an upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red demonic fish in a black circle with orange background and HELLFISH lettering, on an upper arm, beside a cartoon character with a similar tattoo.
Red demon fish with Hellfish lettering on upper arm
Black ink fish-like shapes with small red accents arranged in a circle on the side of an ankle, in a brush-stroke style.
Two fish in a circle on an ankle
Colour Japanese style full sleeve tattoo of koi fish, waves and cherry blossom covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Koi and wave full sleeve
Colour tattoo of a brown trout with orange belly and dark spots, shown in a neo-traditional style on the forearm, with a close-up detail of the head below.
Brown trout on a forearm
Solid black mermaid silhouette with two small fish silhouettes trailing below, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Mermaid silhouette and fish on a wrist
Black script lettering reading 'He walks with me' with flourishes and a small fish outline, on the side of a foot.
Script quote 'He walks with me' on a foot
Black tribal-style design of two fish curving around each other, with solid black bodies, white linework and small diamond cut-outs, shown on a white background.
Two interlocking fish in tribal style