Fish tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering reading Dad with a small fish above the D, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Script Dad with small fish on wrist
Small solid black mermaid silhouette with two fish tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Mermaid silhouette on the inner wrist
Black and grey mermaid tattoo on the forearm, with a starfish in her hair, long flowing hair and a scaled tail curling below her.
Mermaid with starfish on a forearm
Soft-shaded red betta fish tattoo with flowing fins on the inner forearm, shown against a wooden background.
Red betta fish on a forearm
Realistic blue fish tattoo with shaded fins on the inner forearm, with a red top visible at the left edge of the photo.
Blue fish on a forearm
Torso and both arms covered in a Japanese style tattoo of an eagle, cherry blossoms, clouds and koi in black, grey, pink and yellow ink.
Full body Japanese tattoo with eagle and cherry blossoms
Small red goldfish tattoo with long flowing fins on the inner forearm of a person wearing a grey knitted jumper.
Red goldfish tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a great white shark inside a dotted hexagon outline on the inner forearm.
Great white shark in a dotted hexagon on a forearm
Five views of a colourful traditional style full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a mermaid, a shark, sailing ships, a castle and fish in a sea scene.
Under-the-sea full sleeve tattoo
Colour tattoo of Ariel from The Little Mermaid with Flounder and blue bubbles on the forearm, in a bold cartoon style.
Ariel and Flounder cartoon tattoo
Black and grey tattoo of a trout with a small fly lure above it on the inner forearm, drawn in traditional linework with dotted spots.
Trout and fly lure on a forearm
Fine line fish outline tattoo on the inner wrist, beside a steel Fossil watch strap.
Small fish outline on the inner wrist
Close-up of a hand in a loose fist showing a small fine line black fish tattoo on the inner wrist.
Small fish outline on the inner wrist
Colourful full sleeve tattoo in a pixel art style, showing a swirling tree, a yellow gem, a pixelated figure, fish and a moon across the upper arm and forearm.
Pixel art scene full sleeve
Small solid black mermaid silhouette with two tiny fish below it, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Mermaid silhouette on the inner wrist
Full colour neo-traditional sleeve tattoo on an arm showing Disney princesses including Ariel, Belle and Tiana, with a rose and a frog, across the forearm and upper arm.
Disney princess sleeve across four views
Collage of colour Disney character tattoos, including the Beast on a hand, Scar, a Genie, and Peter Pan and Tinker Bell on a forearm sleeve.
Disney character tattoos collage on hand and arm
Small black and grey fine line tattoo of a betta fish with flowing fins on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small black fish tattoo on inner forearm
Neo-traditional full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a red-sailed ship in a lightning storm above an octopus and sharks in green sea.
Pirate ship and octopus full sleeve
Small black fine line tattoo of a spiral above a simple shape with a forked tail, placed on the forearm near the wrist.
Small spiral and simple shape on the wrist
Small red koi fish tattoo with soft, watercolour-style shading on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Red koi fish on an inner forearm
Small black tattoo of a cross overlapping a fish symbol on the inner wrist, shown in a black and white photo.
Cross and fish on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork sleeve tattoo on a forearm showing a sailing ship, a diver in a brass helmet, a submarine, fish and an octopus.
Nautical sleeve with diver and sailing ship
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an anthropomorphic catfish wearing a blue waistcoat and red bow tie, on the inner forearm.
Catfish in a waistcoat and bow tie
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
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 outline tattoo of the cartoon mermaid Ariel and her fish friend Flounder on a forearm, with light shading.
Ariel and Flounder on a forearm
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
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
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
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
A man in a white t-shirt and dark trousers holds an apple, showing black and grey fine line tattoos of animals and flowers on his forearms and upper arms.
Black and grey animal tattoos on both arms
A full colour Japanese style sleeve tattoo of a red koi fish, cherry blossoms and waves on a woman's upper arm and forearm.
Koi and cherry blossom sleeve on an arm
Black and grey Japanese style sleeve tattoo with a koi fish on the upper arm and shoulder and wave-like linework on the forearm.
Koi and wave sleeve on a arm
Black and grey seahorse tattoo with shaded scales and spiny fins on the forearm, in a traditional style.
Seahorse on a forearm
Black fine line ruler tattoo with numbers from 5 to 35 running down a forearm, held beside a perch fish.
Ruler tattoo on a forearm beside a perch
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the forearm of a woman with closed eyes, her head enclosed in a fishbowl with goldfish swimming through her dark hair.
Woman with goldfish in a bowl on a forearm
A tattooist in blue gloves uses a machine to work on a colourful Japanese-style koi fish and wave tattoo on a forearm.
Koi fish tattoo being inked on an arm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon fish Dory with small bubbles, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Dory the blue tang on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a betta fish with flowing blue, teal and red fins on the forearm, shown in two close-up photographs.
Betta fish on a forearm
Colour realism full sleeve tattoo of sea turtles, coral and a lionfish across the upper arm and forearm, shown from three angles.
Sea turtles and coral full sleeve
Woman seen from behind with a colourful Japanese style koi and wave tattoo covering her back and left arm, against a dark red studio backdrop.
Full back Japanese koi and wave tattoo
Black ink tally mark tattoo of four upright lines crossed by a diagonal on a forearm, with coloured tattoos of a bow and a fish nearby.
Tally marks on a forearm
Black silhouette tattoo of a mermaid with a small fish and a crab on the inner forearm.
Mermaid with fish and crab on forearm
Three-panel photo of a colour Japanese-style forearm tattoo showing a blue horned sea serpent, red fish and outlined waves.
Blue sea serpent and red fish on a forearm