Fish tattoo ideas

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

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Close side view of a small fine line fish outline tattoo on the neck behind the ear, in black ink.
Small fish outline behind the ear
Colour realism tattoo of a shark, jellyfish, sea turtle and coral on the side of the ribs, with a quote in lettering above.
Underwater scene with sea turtle and jellyfish on ribs
Blue pencil sketch of a mermaid with shells in her hair, a starfish, bubbles, waves and a fish, drawn in a neo-traditional style on cream paper.
Mermaid with shells and fish sketch
Black ink fish symbol tattoo with brushed, tapered strokes across the forearm, on a grey background.
Fish symbol on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a green fish with pink fins riding a red and black tricycle, neo-traditional style on the thigh.
Green fish riding a tricycle
Colour tattoo of a dark-haired mermaid with closed eyes and a teal scale tail, surrounded by small red fish, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Mermaid with red fish on a wrist
Blue ink line drawing of a fancy goldfish design on translucent tracing paper, with a purple pencil sketch of the same fish above it.
Goldfish tattoo design on tracing paper
Fine line black tattoo of a curved fishing rod with a small lure and the script words Fish On, placed on the top of a foot.
Fishing rod with Fish On script on a foot
Full-colour realistic tattoo on a person's upper back showing an underwater reef with fish, coral and a starfish within a torn-skin effect.
Underwater reef torn through skin on a back
Black and grey tattoo of a scaled fish smoking a cigarette and riding a bicycle, with dotwork shading, on the lower leg.
Fish riding a bicycle and smoking
Colour tattoo of a pink koi and a white cat with blue Japanese wave patterns across a forearm.
Koi and wave cat on a forearm
Full back tattoo in Japanese style showing a leaping striped bass over rolling blue waves, with an anchor and an orange sunburst behind it, on a man's back.
Leaping striped bass and anchor on a back
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of an anglerfish on the upper arm, with a skeleton curled inside its body.
Anglerfish with skeleton on upper arm
Four views of a full sleeve tattoo in realistic colour showing sharks, a diver, a manta ray and coral on the upper arm and forearm.
Underwater full sleeve with sharks and a diver
Close-up of a hand with a small, fine line fish outline tattoo on the side of a finger, next to a silver ring with a blue stone.
Small fish outline tattoo on a finger
Pencil sketch of a koi fish swimming upward among lotus flowers and swirling water lines, drawn as a tattoo design in a Japanese style.
Koi fish sketch with lotus flowers
Two small black fine line tattoos of nigiri sushi, one salmon and one prawn with nori, shown on the back and upper arm.
Two small nigiri sushi tattoos in fine line
Coloured pencil drawing of a koi fish and a long-beaked bird above stylised swirling waves, in a Japanese-influenced flash design.
Koi and bird over swirling waves
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a fish outline formed by a nail, shown on bare skin.
Nail-formed fish symbol tattoo
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a stylised fish with a bold red outline, teal and orange striped body and dark eye, on a leg.
Stylised orange and teal fish on a leg
Black and white photo of a fish skeleton tattoo on one calf and a stippled trout with lettering above it on the other, both worn with black leather shoes.
Fish skeleton and trout on calves
Full-colour Japanese-style tattoo of a red and white koi fish swimming among peonies and waves across a person's back.
Koi fish and peonies across a back
Colourful Japanese style koi fish back tattoo across the upper and mid back of a woman seen from behind, with bookshelves in the background.
Koi fish back piece
Black and grey realism-style tattoo on a man's inner forearm, showing a figure with a fish beside it, with a gold watch on the wrist.
Black and grey forearm tattoo with fish
Fine line and dotwork koi fish tattoo in teal, grey and pink across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Two koi fish on the upper back
Black sketch-style tattoo of a sailing ship above a fish-like creature on the outer thigh, with a hand resting on the other leg.
Ship and fish on a thigh
Greyscale pencil drawing of two koi fish swimming through stylised waves, a Japanese style tattoo design on paper.
Two koi fish among waves design
Colourful Japanese-style koi fish tattoo with pink cherry blossoms on the forearm, in watercolour-like pink, yellow and blue.
Koi fish and cherry blossom on a forearm
Fine line sketch of a woman with flowers in her hair and a teal watercolour wash on the ribs, with a second dark tattoo and a navel piercing on the left side.
Sketched woman with flowers on the ribs
Colourful Japanese-style koi fish design in orange and gold on a deep blue background, framed by teal wave and cloud swirls.
Koi fish with swirling waves
Three black line drawings of the Ichthys fish symbol stacked vertically, one with a small cross inside and one with the word Jesus in script, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Three Ichthys fish symbols with cross and script
Black outline drawing of a koi fish curling upward, with scale detail on the body and fins, in a Japanese-influenced flash style with no body placement shown.
Koi fish line drawing
Colour tattoo of a purple fish with a green eye and flowing fins, with a blue watercolour-style splash, on the calf.
Purple fish with green eye on a calf
Colour tattoo of a red-haired cartoon mermaid with a green tail and a yellow fish beside her, surrounded by blue bubbles, on a lower leg.
Cartoon mermaid and fish with bubbles on a leg
Colour Japanese style koi fish tattoo in red, orange and yellow with grey swirling water across the side of the ribs.
Koi fish tattoo on the side ribs
Heavily tattooed forearms crossed over a white t-shirt, with a Japanese-style koi fish and red flowers on one forearm and a traditional skull and crossbones on the upper arm.
Koi fish and skull tattoos on crossed arms
Photo collage of a Cracker Jack tattoo transfer booklet showing coloured cartoon designs of a fish, a frog, a winged roller skate and a clown, with a printed instructions page.
Cracker Jack temporary tattoo transfers
Colour Japanese style full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a blue koi fish, pink cherry blossoms and a red chrysanthemum among grey clouds.
Koi and blossom full sleeve on an arm
Blue ink drawing of a shark in profile on a white background, filled with overlapping circle and bubble patterns.
Blue patterned shark illustration
Black and white flash design of a fish made from swirling, bubbled linework, with a long curling tail, shown without a body placement.
Swirling fish tattoo design in black
Colour Japanese style koi fish tattoo with blue water splashes on the top of a foot.
Koi fish with water splash on a foot
Purple goldfish with flowing violet, pink and teal fins, shown as a colour tattoo on the forearm beside its original painted design.
Purple goldfish tattoo on an arm
Colour tattoo on a calf showing koi, a dragonfly, lily pads, white lilies and a striped lizard in a pond scene with soft shading.
Koi pond and dragonfly on a calf
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of a horned goat-like creature with a fish tail curling into an S shape, shaded on the inner forearm.
Horned goat-fish creature on forearm
Digital drawing of a red, black and white koi fish with detailed scales and flowing fins on a white background, in a Japanese style.
Koi fish design in red, black and white
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon mermaid with flowing red hair, a yellow and blue fish and a red crab among bubbles and seaweed, on an upper thigh.
Cartoon mermaid with fish and crab on a thigh
Black and grey Japanese-style dragon tattoo across a man's shoulder and chest, with further tattoos on his upper arm, forearm and ribs.
Dragon shoulder and chest piece on a muscular torso
Collage of colourful geometric tattoos of animals, flowers and boats, shown on arms and legs in faceted blue, purple and red ink.
Collage of geometric animal and botanical tattoos