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
Full-colour upper arm tattoo of a red-haired cartoon mermaid with a teal tail, a fish and a trident in a blue underwater scene.
Cartoon mermaid sleeve on upper arm
Small solid black mermaid silhouette with two fish tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Mermaid silhouette on the inner wrist
Blue pen sketch of an ornamental design with paisley leaves, a fish with scale detail, an open eye and flowers, shown without any body part.
Paisley, fish and eye design sketch
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a skull, koi fish and peony flowers with waves across the upper arm.
Skull, koi and peony on the upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two intertwined fish forming a rounded shape, placed on the upper back below the nape of the neck.
Two fish dotwork tattoo on upper back
Close photograph of a black tribal-style tattoo of dolphins and fish with swirling linework on a limb, placement not clearly identifiable.
Tribal dolphin and fish tattoo
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
Bold black line drawing of a stylised fish in profile, facing right, on a plain white background.
Stylised fish line drawing
Black ink design of a swallow in flight, with its wings and body filled with Japanese-style waves, flowers and a koi-like fish, drawn on a white background.
Swallow in flight with wave and koi patterns
Several sheets of cartoon cat temporary tattoo designs in watercolour style, with cat portraits, paw prints, fish, mice and words such as Meow and Purr.
Cat temporary tattoo design sheets
Colour tattoo of a golden koi fish swimming among pink flowers and teal water plants on an upper arm, in a Japanese-influenced neo-traditional style.
Koi fish and flowers on an upper arm
Neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired mermaid with teal tail, fish and a banner reading SIREN, with an anchor and wave tattoo on her arm.
Mermaid with banner reading Siren
Pencil sketch of a long-finned fish with flowing fins, a detailed eye and scale shading along the body, drawn as a tattoo design.
Long-finned fish design in pencil
Colour geometric fish tattoo in teal, orange and yellow with hatched fins, on the upper arm or shoulder.
Geometric fish tattoo on the upper arm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a hamsa hand framing an eye, a swallow, cherry blossoms and a rose, placed on the thigh.
Hamsa hand with eye, swallow and blossoms
Neo-trad style flash design of a red-haired cartoon girl surfing a turquoise wave beneath pink flowers and a ribbon banner with lettering, with no body placement shown.
Surfing girl with wave and flowers
Black and grey engraved skull design built from an octopus, fish, shells and an anchor, in a detailed flash style.
Sea creature skull with anchor
Soft-shaded red betta fish tattoo with flowing fins on the inner forearm, shown against a wooden background.
Red betta fish on a forearm
Black and grey koi fish drawing in a Japanese style with orange fins and a red gill patch, beside the heading The Meaning Behind Koi Fish Tattoos.
Koi fish tattoo design with heading text
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
Colour Japanese style tattoo of an orange koi fish with a pink lotus, pink cherry blossoms and blue waves across the upper back.
Orange koi with lotus and cherry blossom on a back
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a brown trout wrapped around a fly reel, with a red and tan fly lure, on an upper arm.
Trout and fly reel on upper arm
Coloured neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired mermaid in an oval cameo frame, with a teal tail, fish, an anchor and a banner reading SIREN.
Mermaid cameo with fish and a SIREN banner
Japanese style koi fish with orange flowers and waves covering the upper arm and shoulder, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Koi fish and flowers on upper arm and shoulder
Retro-style flash drawing of a dark-haired mermaid with a teal tail, surrounded by orange fish, pink coral and stylised waves, with no body placement shown.
Vintage mermaid with fish and coral
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
Black line-art fish tattoo with a simple outline and an eye, placed behind a person's ear.
Fish outline behind the ear
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a red-haired girl riding a blue wave, with a large blue wave shape behind her.
Red-haired girl on a blue wave on an arm
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
Small black outline tattoo of a fish, an ichthys symbol, on the side of an ankle next to a quarter coin for scale.
Small fish outline on the ankle
Colour realism tattoo on a thigh showing a mermaid on a rock beneath a glowing full moon, with an underwater scene of a sunken ship, gold coins and coral below.
Mermaid under a full moon on a thigh
Small tattoo of two fish on the upper chest near the collarbone, one in black and grey and one in red, curving towards each other.
Two fish tattoo on the upper chest
Colour tattoo of a blue betta fish with flowing fins on the top of a foot, with soft grey shading behind it.
Blue betta fish tattoo on the top of a foot
Two bare feet on a dark background, one with a colour cartoon blue tang fish tattoo and the other with a colour cartoon clownfish tattoo, both placed on the top of the foot.
Dory and Nemo tattoos on two feet
Colour tattoo of a fisherman silhouetted on a boat at sunset above a leaping bass, on the upper arm.
Angler and leaping bass on an upper arm
A grid of twelve black line drawings of the zodiac signs, in a thin single-weight linework style, with no tattoo placement shown.
Twelve zodiac line drawings in a grid
Black and grey tattoo of two intertwined fish in bold solid linework, placed on the calf.
Two intertwined fish on a lower leg
Two red fish tattoo on the ankle, drawn in fine dark outlines with red shading.
Two red fish on an ankle
Black linework outline tattoo on both thighs showing a mermaid, Alice, the Cheshire Cat, a pocket watch and a Drink Me bottle, with shells and flowers.
Disney character outlines on both thighs
Four pastel nautical designs on a flash sheet: an anchor with a dolphin, a seahorse with a telescope, a compass rose with a clock face, and a ship's wheel with a lantern.
Vintage nautical flash sheet
Photograph of a small soft-shaded tattoo of a blue fish and a red fish curving around each other on the outer thigh.
Blue and red fish tattoo on thigh
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
Coloured flash design of a red-haired mermaid in a rope-edged oval frame, with two fish, an anchor and a SIREN banner, in a neo-traditional style.
Red-haired siren in an oval frame
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 tribal tattoo with a spiral and fish motif across the hip and lower side of the abdomen, with a navel piercing visible.
Tribal fish design on the hip
Fine line tattoo of two goldfish with flowing fins on the side ribs, one in grey linework and one in orange and yellow watercolour tones.
Two goldfish on the ribs