Fish Coloring Pages (Free PDF Printables)

By: Papaya Ink Team · Last updated: October 16, 2026

Most fish coloring pages hand you a smiling blob with a tail. These hand you the actual fish. Every sheet here is one real species, drawn the way it looks in the water and labeled in big letters along the bottom, so you can tell a brook trout from a rainbow trout even if you cannot spell either. The range runs from farm pond to open ocean: bass, pike and walleye out of the lake, salmon and trout out of cold rivers, reef fish from warm shallows, goldfish and bettas from the aquarium side, and the big ones, sharks, tuna and swordfish, cruising past schools of baitfish. Each fish sits in the place it actually lives, among the weeds, stones, coral or driftwood it would recognize. Anglers will recognize the catch. Aquarium keepers will recognize the tank.

Click any sheet and the PDF opens in a new tab, ready to print. Pages are US Letter and fit A4 without resizing. The linework is clean black on pure white, so a home inkjet handles it without fuss, and the drawings carry enough detail to hold up at full size.

Fish are a gift to color because nature already did the design work. Nearly all of them are dark on the back and pale on the belly, so start there: lay the dark tone along the top, let it fade toward the middle and leave the underside almost white. Then add the markings described under each picture, the spots, the bars, the stripe down the side. Colored pencils handle scales best. If you like watercolor, wash the water and stones first and do the fish last, so the edges stay crisp. Or ignore the field guide entirely and make the pike purple. Nobody is checking.

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Fish Coloring Pages - Every goldfish alive descends from a drab Asian carp that Chinese breeders began picking over a thousand years ago for the odd orange one. This one cruises under the lily pads trailing bubbles. Orange is only the start: try white, calico or a deep red. — Every goldfish alive descends from a drab Asian carp that Chinese breeders began picking over a thousand years ago for the odd orange one. This one cruises under the lily pads trailing bubbles. Orange is only the start: try white, calico or a deep red.

Fish Coloring Pages - Built like a torpedo and warm-blooded, which almost no fish can manage, the bluefin crosses the Atlantic and back as if it were a commute. The baitfish part politely around it. Steel blue over silver, with yellow on the little finlets near the tail. — Built like a torpedo and warm-blooded, which almost no fish can manage, the bluefin crosses the Atlantic and back as if it were a commute. The baitfish part politely around it. Steel blue over silver, with yellow on the little finlets near the tail.

Fish Coloring Pages - Folded into each side of the tail base is a hidden blade, a sharp spine that gives the whole surgeonfish family its name. Royal blue body, a black palette shape on the side, bright yellow tail. The corals behind can go any color. — Folded into each side of the tail base is a hidden blade, a sharp spine that gives the whole surgeonfish family its name. Royal blue body, a black palette shape on the side, bright yellow tail. The corals behind can go any color.

Fish Coloring Pages - That dark flap on the gill cover is the bluegill's name tag, and the vertical bars fade in and out with its mood. It hangs under lily pads over a sunken log. Olive back, lavender bars, rusty orange belly: a nesting male. — That dark flap on the gill cover is the bluegill's name tag, and the vertical bars fade in and out with its mood. It hangs under lily pads over a sunken log. Olive back, lavender bars, rusty orange belly: a nesting male.

Fish Coloring Pages - Technically a char rather than a trout, the brookie wears squiggly worm marks across its back and a crisp white edge on each lower fin. Cold, clean water only. Pale spots on dark olive, red dots with blue halos along the side. — Technically a char rather than a trout, the brookie wears squiggly worm marks across its back and a crisp white edge on each lower fin. Cold, clean water only. Pale spots on dark olive, red dots with blue halos along the side.

Fish Coloring Pages - Eight whiskers and a body covered in taste buds let the channel catfish find dinner in water too muddy to see through. It patrols past driftwood and reeds here. Blue-gray on top, white underneath, and the scattered dark spots mean this one is still young. — Eight whiskers and a body covered in taste buds let the channel catfish find dinner in water too muddy to see through. It patrols past driftwood and reeds here. Blue-gray on top, white underneath, and the scattered dark spots mean this one is still young.

Fish Coloring Pages - Largest of the Pacific salmon, the chinook earned the nickname king for a reason. Black spots run across the back and over both lobes of the tail, and even the gums are black. Silver flanks at sea, turning bronze and red once it heads upriver. — Largest of the Pacific salmon, the chinook earned the nickname king for a reason. Black spots run across the back and over both lobes of the tail, and even the gums are black. Silver flanks at sea, turning bronze and red once it heads upriver.

Fish Coloring Pages - Eyes at the ends of that wide head give the great hammerhead a view of nearly everything, including the stingrays it pins to the sand. The tall sickle of a dorsal fin marks this species. Plain gray; the drama is all in the head. — Eyes at the ends of that wide head give the great hammerhead a view of nearly everything, including the stingrays it pins to the sand. The tall sickle of a dorsal fin marks this species. Plain gray; the drama is all in the head.

Fish Coloring Pages - Dark on top, white below: the great white's two-tone paint job hides it from above and from beneath at the same time. A few rows of teeth are showing, as they always are. Slate gray for the back, and resist adding red anywhere. — Dark on top, white below: the great white's two-tone paint job hides it from above and from beneath at the same time. A few rows of teeth are showing, as they always are. Slate gray for the back, and resist adding red anywhere.

Fish Coloring Pages - Its jaw reaches back past the eye, and that single feature separates a largemouth from every other bass in the lake. This one rises through lily stems over a drowned log. Dark green back, a ragged black stripe down the side, and a white belly. — Its jaw reaches back past the eye, and that single feature separates a largemouth from every other bass in the lake. This one rises through lily stems over a drowned log. Dark green back, a ragged black stripe down the side, and a white belly.

Fish Coloring Pages - Drifting sargassum weed is the mahi-mahi's favorite hunting ground, and this one is working the shadows under a floating mat. The blunt forehead marks a male. Electric blue and green along the back, gold on the flanks, small blue spots over everything. — Drifting sargassum weed is the mahi-mahi's favorite hunting ground, and this one is working the shadows under a floating mat. The blunt forehead marks a male. Electric blue and green along the back, gold on the flanks, small blue spots over everything.

Fish Coloring Pages - Nothing moves in the weeds until the pike decides it does. The long duckbill jaw, the fins set far back, the rows of pale bean-shaped spots: all of it is built for one ambush. Dark olive green body, lighter spots, and fins streaked with orange. — Nothing moves in the weeds until the pike decides it does. The long duckbill jaw, the fins set far back, the rows of pale bean-shaped spots: all of it is built for one ambush. Dark olive green body, lighter spots, and fins streaked with orange.

Fish Coloring Pages - Three white bands trimmed in black, and a home among anemone tentacles that would sting any other fish. A coat of slime lets the clownfish hide right where nobody else can go. Bright orange body, and the anemone works beautifully in soft pink or lavender. — Three white bands trimmed in black, and a home among anemone tentacles that would sting any other fish. A coat of slime lets the clownfish hide right where nobody else can go. Bright orange body, and the anemone works beautifully in soft pink or lavender.

Fish Coloring Pages - A pink band from gill to tail gave the rainbow trout its name, and the black spots carry on across the fins. It holds in the current above a tangle of roots. Olive on top, pink in the middle, silver below. Detailed stream bed. — A pink band from gill to tail gave the rainbow trout its name, and the black spots carry on across the fins. It holds in the current above a tangle of roots. Olive on top, pink in the middle, silver below. Detailed stream bed.

Fish Coloring Pages - The betta can gulp air at the surface, which is how it survives in rice paddies where other fish would suffocate. Those veil fins trail behind it like a gown. Ruby red, cobalt blue or deep violet, with the fins in a second color. — The betta can gulp air at the surface, which is how it survives in rice paddies where other fish would suffocate. Those veil fins trail behind it like a gown. Ruby red, cobalt blue or deep violet, with the fins in a second color.

Fish Coloring Pages - Bronze instead of green, vertical bars instead of a side stripe, and a jaw that stops under the eye: that is a smallmouth. It likes exactly this kind of rocky bottom and moving water. Brown-gold body, darker bars, a hint of red in the eye. — Bronze instead of green, vertical bars instead of a side stripe, and a jaw that stops under the eye: that is a smallmouth. It likes exactly this kind of rocky bottom and moving water. Brown-gold body, darker bars, a hint of red in the eye.

Fish Coloring Pages - At sea the sockeye is plain silver with a steel blue back, and that is how it is drawn here. The same fish turns scarlet with a green head when it runs upriver, so color it either way. Fine scales, so sharp pencils help. — At sea the sockeye is plain silver with a steel blue back, and that is how it is drawn here. The same fish turns scarlet with a green head when it runs upriver, so color it either way. Fine scales, so sharp pencils help.

Fish Coloring Pages - Adult swordfish have no teeth and no scales, just the bill, that huge curved dorsal fin and a built-in heater behind the eyes for diving into cold deep water. A school of baitfish scatters above. Dark bronze or purplish blue fading to pale silver. — Adult swordfish have no teeth and no scales, just the bill, that huge curved dorsal fin and a built-in heater behind the eyes for diving into cold deep water. A school of baitfish scatters above. Dark bronze or purplish blue fading to pale silver.

Fish Coloring Pages - A mirror layer at the back of each eye lets the walleye hunt at dusk when everything else is half blind, and makes those eyes glow in a flashlight beam. Spiny dorsal raised, white tip on the lower tail lobe. Golden olive with darker mottling. — A mirror layer at the back of each eye lets the walleye hunt at dusk when everything else is half blind, and makes those eyes glow in a flashlight beam. Spiny dorsal raised, white tip on the lower tail lobe. Golden olive with darker mottling.

Fish Coloring Pages - Biggest fish alive, and it eats some of the smallest things in the ocean, cruising with its mouth open and straining plankton. Each whale shark has its own pattern of spots, like a fingerprint. Gray-blue body, white spots, and the little escorts in any color. — Biggest fish alive, and it eats some of the smallest things in the ocean, cruising with its mouth open and straining plankton. Each whale shark has its own pattern of spots, like a fingerprint. Gray-blue body, white spots, and the little escorts in any color.

Fish Coloring Pages - Silver king is the tarpon's other name, earned by scales the size of coins and leaps that clear the boat. This one noses up through mangrove roots with a school of minnows below. Bright chrome silver all over, a touch of blue-green along the back. — Silver king is the tarpon's other name, earned by scales the size of coins and leaps that clear the boat. This one noses up through mangrove roots with a school of minnows below. Bright chrome silver all over, a touch of blue-green along the back.

Fish Coloring Pages - Puffed up and bristling, the balloonfish has swallowed enough water to turn itself into a pincushion nobody wants to bite. The spines lie flat when it relaxes. Sandy tan with dark brown blotches and small spots, pale underneath; the reef behind is yours to invent. — Puffed up and bristling, the balloonfish has swallowed enough water to turn itself into a pincushion nobody wants to bite. The spines lie flat when it relaxes. Sandy tan with dark brown blotches and small spots, pale underneath; the reef behind is yours to invent.

Fish Coloring Pages - Crappie hang in loose crowds around sunken brush, which is exactly where this one sits. The scattered black speckles on a silver-green body tell it apart from its white cousin, which wears bars instead. Olive back, silver sides, dots on every fin too. — Crappie hang in loose crowds around sunken brush, which is exactly where this one sits. The scattered black speckles on a silver-green body tell it apart from its white cousin, which wears bars instead. Olive back, silver sides, dots on every fin too.

Fish Coloring Pages - Among the fastest fish in the sea, the blue marlin drives through open water with a bill like a spear and that tall dorsal fin raised. Faint vertical bars flash blue when it is excited. Cobalt back, silver white belly, pale stripes down the sides. — Among the fastest fish in the sea, the blue marlin drives through open water with a bill like a spear and that tall dorsal fin raised. Faint vertical bars flash blue when it is excited. Cobalt back, silver white belly, pale stripes down the sides.

Fish Coloring Pages - Red spots ringed in pale halos, black spots over the back, a buttery yellow belly: the brown trout is the one that looks hand painted. It holds beside a stone with autumn leaves on the gravel. Golden brown overall, halos lighter than the body. — Red spots ringed in pale halos, black spots over the back, a buttery yellow belly: the brown trout is the one that looks hand painted. It holds beside a stone with autumn leaves on the gravel. Golden brown overall, halos lighter than the body.

Fish Coloring Pages - Half of this fish is a leopard print, the other half is big white polka dots on black, and the lips are painted orange. Nobody designed it; it just happened. Yellow net pattern above, white spots below, a yellow saddle at the tail base. — Half of this fish is a leopard print, the other half is big white polka dots on black, and the lips are painted orange. Nobody designed it; it just happened. Yellow net pattern above, white spots below, a yellow saddle at the tail base.

Fish Coloring Pages - That false eye on the back fin is a decoy: a predator aims for the wrong end and the butterflyfish escapes forward. The long snout picks food out of coral cracks. White body with four copper-orange bands and a black spot with a pale ring. — That false eye on the back fin is a decoy: a predator aims for the wrong end and the butterflyfish escapes forward. The long snout picks food out of coral cracks. White body with four copper-orange bands and a black spot with a pale ring.

Fish Coloring Pages - Diagonal blue and yellow stripes across the whole body, a dark mask over the eyes and a yellow tail: the adult emperor is unmistakable on any reef. Young ones look nothing like this, all white rings on dark blue. Fine lines, so pencils. — Diagonal blue and yellow stripes across the whole body, a dark mask over the eyes and a yellow tail: the adult emperor is unmistakable on any reef. Young ones look nothing like this, all white rings on dark blue. Fine lines, so pencils.

Fish Coloring Pages - Wider than a car, the giant manta flies rather than swims, rolling through plankton with its horns unfurled to funnel food into that open mouth. Black or deep blue-gray on top, white below with a scatter of dark spots that is unique to each animal. — Wider than a car, the giant manta flies rather than swims, rolling through plankton with its horns unfurled to funnel food into that open mouth. Black or deep blue-gray on top, white below with a scatter of dark spots that is unique to each animal.

Fish Coloring Pages - It looks like a piece of kelp that decided to go for a swim, and that is the entire point. The leafy flaps are camouflage, not fins; the real fins are tiny and nearly clear. Yellow-green or olive, kelp in matching tones. — It looks like a piece of kelp that decided to go for a swim, and that is the entire point. The leafy flaps are camouflage, not fins; the real fins are tiny and nearly clear. Yellow-green or olive, kelp in matching tones.

Fish Coloring Pages - Tail wrapped around a blade of seagrass, the longsnout seahorse holds still and waits for food to drift past. The bumps along the body are bony armor. Seahorses change color to match their perch, so brown, yellow, orange or red all count as correct here. — Tail wrapped around a blade of seagrass, the longsnout seahorse holds still and waits for food to drift past. The bumps along the body are bony armor. Seahorses change color to match their perch, so brown, yellow, orange or red all count as correct here.

Fish Coloring Pages - Swirls of orange on a blue-green body, as if someone piped frosting onto a fish. The mandarinfish is tiny, slow and shy, so this close-up is how most people ever see one. Orange ribbons, teal between them, blue edges on the fins. — Swirls of orange on a blue-green body, as if someone piped frosting onto a fish. The mandarinfish is tiny, slow and shy, so this close-up is how most people ever see one. Orange ribbons, teal between them, blue edges on the fins.

Fish Coloring Pages - Two broad black bands, two white, a yellow saddle on the back and a dorsal streamer that trails behind like a ribbon. The Moorish idol cruises the reef in pairs. Crisp black and white with warm yellow on the snout and the middle band. — Two broad black bands, two white, a yellow saddle on the back and a dorsal streamer that trails behind like a ribbon. The Moorish idol cruises the reef in pairs. Crisp black and white with warm yellow on the snout and the middle band.

Fish Coloring Pages - The dark ringed spot on the forehead is the crown that gives the queen angelfish its name. Long trailing fins and a rounded yellow tail finish the outfit. Electric blue body scales edged in yellow, yellow fins, and a blue circle around the crown. — The dark ringed spot on the forehead is the crown that gives the queen angelfish its name. Long trailing fins and a rounded yellow tail finish the outfit. Electric blue body scales edged in yellow, yellow fins, and a blue circle around the crown.

Fish Coloring Pages - One black spot at the base of the tail, sometimes several, is the red drum's trademark; the other name comes from the drumming sound it makes. It cruises over oyster shells in shallow grass. Copper bronze fading to white, the spot solid black. — One black spot at the base of the tail, sometimes several, is the red drum's trademark; the other name comes from the drumming sound it makes. It cruises over oyster shells in shallow grass. Copper bronze fading to white, the spot solid black.

Fish Coloring Pages - Those long fan fins are venomous spines, and the lionfish spreads them wide to look twice its size while it herds small fish into a corner. Red-brown and white stripes over the body, bands repeating along every spine, dark spots on the clear fins. Detailed. — Those long fan fins are venomous spines, and the lionfish spreads them wide to look twice its size while it herds small fish into a corner. Red-brown and white stripes over the body, bands repeating along every spine, dark spots on the clear fins. Detailed.

Fish Coloring Pages - Fastest fish ever clocked, the sailfish raises that huge dorsal fin to herd baitfish into a tight ball and then slashes through with the bill. Dark blue back, silver sides with pale bars, and the sail itself a deep blue with scattered black spots. — Fastest fish ever clocked, the sailfish raises that huge dorsal fin to herd baitfish into a tight ball and then slashes through with the bill. Dark blue back, silver sides with pale bars, and the sail itself a deep blue with scattered black spots.

Fish Coloring Pages - Seven or eight dark stripes run unbroken from gills to tail, which is the whole identification. The striper lives at sea and runs into rivers to spawn. Olive green or steel blue on the back, silver sides, stripes in black or very dark gray. — Seven or eight dark stripes run unbroken from gills to tail, which is the whole identification. The striper lives at sea and runs into rivers to spawn. Olive green or steel blue on the back, silver sides, stripes in black or very dark gray.

Fish Coloring Pages - Golden yellow with dark saddles down the sides, the yellow perch is the fish most anglers caught first as kids. It drifts past weeds and a sunken branch here. Bright yellow body, olive bars, and orange on the lower fins for a spawning male. — Golden yellow with dark saddles down the sides, the yellow perch is the fish most anglers caught first as kids. It drifts past weeds and a sunken branch here. Bright yellow body, olive bars, and orange on the lower fins for a spawning male.

Fish Coloring Pages - A single color, no pattern, and still impossible to miss: the yellow tang is a disc of pure lemon yellow against a blue Hawaiian reef. Only the little white spine at the tail base breaks it. Your brightest yellow, laid down evenly. — A single color, no pattern, and still impossible to miss: the yellow tang is a disc of pure lemon yellow against a blue Hawaiian reef. Only the little white spine at the tail base breaks it. Your brightest yellow, laid down evenly.

Fish Coloring Pages - Armor plated in hard diamond scales and able to gulp air when the swamp runs low on oxygen, the alligator gar has barely changed since the dinosaurs. It glides between cypress knees here. Olive brown back, dark spots toward the tail, a yellow-white belly. — Armor plated in hard diamond scales and able to gulp air when the swamp runs low on oxygen, the alligator gar has barely changed since the dinosaurs. It glides between cypress knees here. Olive brown back, dark spots toward the tail, a yellow-white belly.

Fish Coloring Pages - Born far out in the Sargasso Sea, the American eel drifts to the coast, climbs rivers, lives there for years and then swims all the way back to spawn. This one threads through tree roots. Olive to yellow-brown, lighter below, with a greenish sheen. — Born far out in the Sargasso Sea, the American eel drifts to the coast, climbs rivers, lives there for years and then swims all the way back to spawn. This one threads through tree roots. Olive to yellow-brown, lighter below, with a greenish sheen.

Fish Coloring Pages - A sensor, not a shovel: the paddle reads the faint electric fields of plankton so the paddlefish can swim along with its mouth wide open and strain dinner from muddy river water. No scales at all. Blue-gray fading to white, smooth and almost rubbery. — A sensor, not a shovel: the paddle reads the faint electric fields of plankton so the paddlefish can swim along with its mouth wide open and strain dinner from muddy river water. No scales at all. Blue-gray fading to white, smooth and almost rubbery.

Fish Coloring Pages - Count the fins: three on the back, two underneath, plus a single whisker under the chin. The cod fed half the Atlantic world for centuries. Greenish brown or reddish with darker speckles on top, a pale curved line down the side and a white belly. — Count the fins: three on the back, two underneath, plus a single whisker under the chin. The cod fed half the Atlantic world for centuries. Greenish brown or reddish with darker speckles on top, a pale curved line down the side and a white belly.

Fish Coloring Pages - Hooked jaw and faint bars mean this coho is heading home to spawn. At sea the same fish is bright silver, hence its other name. Spots on the back and the upper half of the tail only. Dark red sides, green-black head, white gums. — Hooked jaw and faint bars mean this coho is heading home to spawn. At sea the same fish is bright silver, hence its other name. Spots on the back and the upper half of the tail only. Dark red sides, green-black head, white gums.

Fish Coloring Pages - Big scales, two whiskers on each side and a taste for rooting through mud: the common carp came from Asia and Europe and now lives in nearly every warm lake in America. Bronze gold with each scale edged darker, fins tinged orange-red. — Big scales, two whiskers on each side and a taste for rooting through mud: the common carp came from Asia and Europe and now lives in nearly every warm lake in America. Bronze gold with each scale edged darker, fins tinged orange-red.

Fish Coloring Pages - Not an eel at all but a knifefish, and the shock is real: enough to stun a horse. It surfaces to breathe air and hunts by electric sense in dark Amazon water. Dark olive brown or gray on top, orange or yellow under the throat. — Not an eel at all but a knifefish, and the shock is real: enough to stun a horse. It surfaces to breathe air and hunts by electric sense in dark Amazon water. Dark olive brown or gray on top, orange or yellow under the throat.

Fish Coloring Pages - Tall and thin as a leaf, the angelfish slips between plant stems where a rounder fish would get stuck, and the dark vertical bars finish the disguise. Silver body, black bars, and long trailing fins in pale gray. Detailed background of roots and leaves. — Tall and thin as a leaf, the angelfish slips between plant stems where a rounder fish would get stuck, and the dark vertical bars finish the disguise. Silver body, black bars, and long trailing fins in pale gray. Detailed background of roots and leaves.

Fish Coloring Pages - Small, cheerful and famously hard to kill, the guppy gives birth to live young instead of laying eggs. The patterned tail and the color blotch on the body mark a male. Anything goes: orange tail with black spots, blue body, even neon green. — Small, cheerful and famously hard to kill, the guppy gives birth to live young instead of laying eggs. The patterned tail and the color blotch on the body mark a male. Anything goes: orange tail with black spots, blue body, even neon green.

Fish Coloring Pages - Straight through the middle of the body runs a thick dark bar, the signature of the Heckel discus, which lives in tea-colored blackwater rivers of the Amazon. Round as a plate and slow. Brown-red body, fine wavy blue lines across head and fins. — Straight through the middle of the body runs a thick dark bar, the signature of the Heckel discus, which lives in tea-colored blackwater rivers of the Amazon. Round as a plate and slow. Brown-red body, fine wavy blue lines across head and fins.

Fish Coloring Pages - Deep, cold and clear is the only kind of lake the lake trout tolerates, and in summer it sinks far below any swimmer. Pale spots on a dark body, deeply forked tail. Gray-green or dark olive with cream spots, and orange-tinted lower fins. — Deep, cold and clear is the only kind of lake the lake trout tolerates, and in summer it sinks far below any swimmer. Pale spots on a dark body, deeply forked tail. Gray-green or dark olive with cream spots, and orange-tinted lower fins.

Fish Coloring Pages - Anglers call it the fish of ten thousand casts, and the nickname is only slightly exaggerated. Dark bars and spots on a light body set the muskie apart from a pike, which wears the reverse. Silver-green with dark brown markings, fins streaked with red. — Anglers call it the fish of ten thousand casts, and the nickname is only slightly exaggerated. Dark bars and spots on a light body set the muskie apart from a pike, which wears the reverse. Silver-green with dark brown markings, fins streaked with red.

Fish Coloring Pages - A glowing blue stripe over a bright red one, on a fish shorter than a finger. Neon tetras school in dim blackwater streams where that stripe helps them find each other. Electric blue along the top half, red along the rear bottom half, silver belly. — A glowing blue stripe over a bright red one, on a fish shorter than a finger. Neon tetras school in dim blackwater streams where that stripe helps them find each other. Electric blue along the top half, red along the rear bottom half, silver belly.

Fish Coloring Pages - Decoy first: the eyespot at the base of the tail draws predators away from the head, and the oscar is clever enough to learn who feeds it. Dark olive with orange marbling across the sides, an orange ring around the false eye. — Decoy first: the eyespot at the base of the tail draws predators away from the head, and the oscar is clever enough to learn who feeds it. Dark olive with orange marbling across the sides, an orange ring around the false eye.

Fish Coloring Pages - Both eyes sit on the same side of the head, because the halibut spends its life lying flat on the seabed waiting for something to swim over. It grows longer than a tall man. Mottled brown and gray on the eyed side, pure white underneath. — Both eyes sit on the same side of the head, because the halibut spends its life lying flat on the seabed waiting for something to swim over. It grows longer than a tall man. Mottled brown and gray on the eyed side, pure white underneath.

Fish Coloring Pages - Wavy turquoise lines across the cheek and a red spot on the ear flap: the pumpkinseed is the showiest fish in the pond. It hangs under lily pads beside a sunken branch. Orange and green speckled sides, a yellow-orange belly, and lines in bright blue. — Wavy turquoise lines across the cheek and a red spot on the ear flap: the pumpkinseed is the showiest fish in the pond. It hangs under lily pads beside a sunken branch. Orange and green speckled sides, a yellow-orange belly, and lines in bright blue.

Fish Coloring Pages - The reputation is worse than the fish. Red-bellied piranhas spend most of their time eating what is already dead and keeping a nervous eye out for river dolphins. Steel gray with silver glitter on the flanks and a red-orange throat and belly. — The reputation is worse than the fish. Red-bellied piranhas spend most of their time eating what is already dead and keeping a nervous eye out for river dolphins. Steel gray with silver glitter on the flanks and a red-orange throat and belly.

Fish Coloring Pages - Half buried in sand with just the eyes and breathing holes showing is how this ray spends the day; here it has lifted off. The tail barb is defense, nothing more. Gray-brown or olive on top, white underneath, and the sand any warm shade. — Half buried in sand with just the eyes and breathing holes showing is how this ray spends the day; here it has lifted off. The tail barb is defense, nothing more. Gray-brown or olive on top, white underneath, and the sand any warm shade.

Fish Coloring Pages - White rings and spots across a dark back make the spotted eagle ray one of the prettiest things in the sea; the duck-bill snout digs clams out of sand. The tail is longer than the body. Deep blue-black with white spots, white underside. — White rings and spots across a dark back make the spotted eagle ray one of the prettiest things in the sea; the duck-bill snout digs clams out of sand. The tail is longer than the body. Deep blue-black with white spots, white underside.

Fish Coloring Pages - No fish in North American rivers grows bigger than the white sturgeon, which wears rows of bony plates instead of scales and lives a century. Four whiskers feel along the bottom for food. Gray to pale olive on top, white below, plates a shade lighter. — No fish in North American rivers grows bigger than the white sturgeon, which wears rows of bony plates instead of scales and lives a century. Four whiskers feel along the bottom for food. Gray to pale olive on top, white below, plates a shade lighter.

Fish Coloring Pages - Bigger than most of the divers who come to look at it, the goliath grouper parks itself in a reef cave and makes a booming sound you can feel in your chest. Mottled yellow-brown with darker spots and faint wide bars, a pale belly. — Bigger than most of the divers who come to look at it, the goliath grouper parks itself in a reef cave and makes a booming sound you can feel in your chest. Mottled yellow-brown with darker spots and faint wide bars, a pale belly.

Fish Coloring Pages - Knee-deep lagoon water is where the blacktip reef shark spends its days, and it rarely grows longer than a grown man is tall. Each fin carries a neat black tip. Gray-brown back, white underside, a thin white band under the black on the dorsal fin. — Knee-deep lagoon water is where the blacktip reef shark spends its days, and it rarely grows longer than a grown man is tall. Each fin carries a neat black tip. Gray-brown back, white underside, a thin white band under the black on the dorsal fin.

Fish Coloring Pages - Smallest of the hammerheads, with a head shaped like a shovel rather than a mallet, the bonnethead is also the only shark known to eat seagrass on purpose. It cruises a grass flat here. Gray-brown shading to cream, a few dark spots on the sides. — Smallest of the hammerheads, with a head shaped like a shovel rather than a mallet, the bonnethead is also the only shark known to eat seagrass on purpose. It cruises a grass flat here. Gray-brown shading to cream, a few dark spots on the sides.

Fish Coloring Pages - All sheephead start life female and the biggest ones turn male, which is when the black head, red midsection and black tail appear. White chin on both. Kelp forest all around. Head and tail in black, body in a deep brick red, chin left white. — All sheephead start life female and the biggest ones turn male, which is when the black head, red midsection and black tail appear. White chin on both. Kelp forest all around. Head and tail in black, body in a deep brick red, chin left white.

Fish Coloring Pages - Tail first: a thresher is half tail, and it swings that long upper lobe like a whip to stun small fish, then turns around to collect them. Blue-gray or bronze on top, a sharp line down to a white belly, baitfish in plain silver. — Tail first: a thresher is half tail, and it swings that long upper lobe like a whip to stun small fish, then turns around to collect them. Blue-gray or bronze on top, a sharp line down to a white belly, baitfish in plain silver.

Fish Coloring Pages - The notch in the forehead is what earned this ray its name, and in autumn thousands of them migrate together in a brown carpet just under the surface. Chocolate brown on top, white underneath, with the eyes set out on the sides of the head. — The notch in the forehead is what earned this ray its name, and in autumn thousands of them migrate together in a brown carpet just under the surface. Chocolate brown on top, white underneath, with the eyes set out on the sides of the head.

Fish Coloring Pages - Pure orange from nose to tail, the garibaldi is California's official marine fish and guards its patch of kelp forest with real temper. Juveniles wear bright blue spots the adults lose. Solid bright orange all over, and the kelp in olive and amber. — Pure orange from nose to tail, the garibaldi is California's official marine fish and guards its patch of kelp forest with real temper. Juveniles wear bright blue spots the adults lose. Solid bright orange all over, and the kelp in olive and amber.

Fish Coloring Pages - Long, silver and built for one fast lunge, the great barracuda hangs motionless until something glints. The underslung jaw does not fully close over the teeth. Silver with a dark green-gray back and a row of black blotches along the lower side. — Long, silver and built for one fast lunge, the great barracuda hangs motionless until something glints. The underslung jaw does not fully close over the teeth. Silver with a dark green-gray back and a row of black blotches along the lower side.

Fish Coloring Pages - Lips the size of a hand, a hump that grows with age, and a body as long as a person: that is the humphead wrasse. Also called the Napoleon fish. Blue-green body, yellow-green face covered in a maze of fine darker lines. — Lips the size of a hand, a hump that grows with age, and a body as long as a person: that is the humphead wrasse. Also called the Napoleon fish. Blue-green body, yellow-green face covered in a maze of fine darker lines.

Fish Coloring Pages - Dark saddles across the back and spots along the sides, on a shark that bothers nobody and swims in a few feet of water off California. It is sliding over an eelgrass flat here. Silver-bronze body, saddles and spots in dark chocolate brown. — Dark saddles across the back and spots along the sides, on a shark that bothers nobody and swims in a few feet of water off California. It is sliding over an eelgrass flat here. Silver-bronze body, saddles and spots in dark chocolate brown.

Fish Coloring Pages - A tuning-fork mark on the forehead and a black saddle on the tail base identify the Nassau grouper; the bars can go pale or dark in seconds depending on its mood. Tan body, five brown bars, and the saddle in solid black. — A tuning-fork mark on the forehead and a black saddle on the tail base identify the Nassau grouper; the bars can go pale or dark in seconds depending on its mood. Tan body, five brown bars, and the saddle in solid black.

Fish Coloring Pages - Daytime is for napping, and nurse sharks pile up under ledges in heaps of a dozen or more. At night they vacuum crabs and shellfish out of the sand with those whiskers leading the way. Tan to yellow-brown all over, slightly darker on top. — Daytime is for napping, and nurse sharks pile up under ledges in heaps of a dozen or more. At night they vacuum crabs and shellfish out of the sand with those whiskers leading the way. Tan to yellow-brown all over, slightly darker on top.

Fish Coloring Pages - Heaviest bony fish in the sea, and it lives mostly on jellyfish, which is like running a truck on lettuce. The sunfish often lies flat at the surface to warm up. Silver-gray with darker mottling, lighter below, and the jellyfish in pale lavender. — Heaviest bony fish in the sea, and it lives mostly on jellyfish, which is like running a truck on lettuce. The sunfish often lies flat at the surface to warm up. Silver-gray with darker mottling, lighter below, and the jellyfish in pale lavender.

Fish Coloring Pages - Coral goes in one end and beach sand comes out the other; much of a tropical beach is what parrotfish leave behind. At night it sleeps inside a bubble of its own mucus. Blue-green body, orange and yellow streaks on the fins, pink-orange chin. — Coral goes in one end and beach sand comes out the other; much of a tropical beach is what parrotfish leave behind. At night it sleeps inside a bubble of its own mucus. Blue-green body, orange and yellow streaks on the fins, pink-orange chin.

Fish Coloring Pages - Rose red with a red eye to match, the red snapper is the fish behind half the seafood menus on the Gulf coast, and it can live fifty years if nobody catches it. Pinkish red fading to a silvery belly, fins a shade deeper. — Rose red with a red eye to match, the red snapper is the fish behind half the seafood menus on the Gulf coast, and it can live fifty years if nobody catches it. Pinkish red fading to a silvery belly, fins a shade deeper.

Fish Coloring Pages - Ragged teeth that look alarming belong to one of the calmest sharks on the reef. The sand tiger gulps air at the surface to hover motionless mid-water. Gray-brown back with scattered rust spots toward the tail, and a white underside. — Ragged teeth that look alarming belong to one of the calmest sharks on the reef. The sand tiger gulps air at the surface to hover motionless mid-water. Gray-brown back with scattered rust spots toward the tail, and a white underside.

Fish Coloring Pages - Five black bars on a pale body, in uniform like the rank it is named for. Sergeant majors swarm around reefs in big loose groups, and nesting males turn deep blue. Yellow wash on the upper body, white below, bars in solid black. — Five black bars on a pale body, in uniform like the rank it is named for. Sergeant majors swarm around reefs in big loose groups, and nesting males turn deep blue. Yellow wash on the upper body, white below, bars in solid black.

Fish Coloring Pages - Speed is the whole design: fastest shark in the sea, and warm-blooded to keep the muscles ready. Snout sharp as a pencil tip, body built like a jet. Metallic deep blue on the back, bright white below, no gradual blend between them. — Speed is the whole design: fastest shark in the sea, and warm-blooded to keep the muscles ready. Snout sharp as a pencil tip, body built like a jet. Metallic deep blue on the back, bright white below, no gradual blend between them.

Fish Coloring Pages - The stripes are strongest on the young and fade as the shark grows, so this one is still fairly new. Tiger sharks eat anything, famously including license plates. Blue-gray or gray-green back, dark vertical stripes, cream belly. — The stripes are strongest on the young and fade as the shark grows, so this one is still fairly new. Tiger sharks eat anything, famously including license plates. Blue-gray or gray-green back, dark vertical stripes, cream belly.

Fish Coloring Pages - Named for the stripes it wears as a pup, the zebra shark trades them for leopard spots by the time it is grown, which confuses everyone. The tail is nearly as long as the body. Yellow-tan body with small dark brown spots, white underneath. — Named for the stripes it wears as a pup, the zebra shark trades them for leopard spots by the time it is grown, which confuses everyone. The tail is nearly as long as the body. Yellow-tan body with small dark brown spots, white underneath.

Fish Coloring Pages - One of the largest freshwater fish anywhere, the arapaima surfaces every few minutes to gulp air, and its scales are tough enough to shrug off piranha teeth. Gray-green body with scales edged in red toward the tail, deepening to crimson at the end. — One of the largest freshwater fish anywhere, the arapaima surfaces every few minutes to gulp air, and its scales are tough enough to shrug off piranha teeth. Gray-green body with scales edged in red toward the tail, deepening to crimson at the end.

Fish Coloring Pages - A fish that would rather be on land: the mudskipper hauls itself across mangrove mud on its front fins, breathes through wet skin and climbs roots to look around. Mud brown with pale blue speckles along the sides, the dorsal fin edged in blue. — A fish that would rather be on land: the mudskipper hauls itself across mangrove mud on its front fins, breathes through wet skin and climbs roots to look around. Mud brown with pale blue speckles along the sides, the dorsal fin edged in blue.

Fish Coloring Pages - With a single lung and a body plan that has not changed in a hundred million years, this fish from Queensland rivers can breathe air when the water goes stale. Olive brown or bronze above, with a pinkish cream belly and big heavy scales. — With a single lung and a body plan that has not changed in a hundred million years, this fish from Queensland rivers can breathe air when the water goes stale. Olive brown or bronze above, with a pinkish cream belly and big heavy scales.

Fish Coloring Pages - Spit, hit, eat. The archerfish knocks insects off overhanging leaves with a jet of water from its mouth, correcting for the bend of light at the surface as it aims. Silver-white body with bold black blotches along the back, mangrove roots all around. — Spit, hit, eat. The archerfish knocks insects off overhanging leaves with a jet of water from its mouth, correcting for the bend of light at the surface as it aims. Silver-white body with bold black blotches along the back, mangrove roots all around.

Fish Coloring Pages - Found wild in one small corner of Indonesia and nowhere else, the Banggai cardinalfish shelters between the spines of a sea urchin, where nothing bigger dares to follow. Silver with three black bars and tiny white dots across the fins. — Found wild in one small corner of Indonesia and nowhere else, the Banggai cardinalfish shelters between the spines of a sea urchin, where nothing bigger dares to follow. Silver with three black bars and tiny white dots across the fins.

Fish Coloring Pages - Known only from fossils and declared extinct with the dinosaurs, then hauled up alive off South Africa in the last century. The coelacanth swims on limb-like lobed fins. Steel blue scattered with irregular white flecks, like a night sky. — Known only from fossils and declared extinct with the dinosaurs, then hauled up alive off South Africa in the last century. The coelacanth swims on limb-like lobed fins. Steel blue scattered with irregular white flecks, like a night sky.

Fish Coloring Pages - Fiery, fearless and barely a hand long, the flame angelfish darts between coral heads in the Pacific flashing a color nothing else on the reef matches. Vivid orange-red body, vertical black bars across the middle, and electric blue tips on the back fins. — Fiery, fearless and barely a hand long, the flame angelfish darts between coral heads in the Pacific flashing a color nothing else on the reef matches. Vivid orange-red body, vertical black bars across the middle, and electric blue tips on the back fins.

Fish Coloring Pages - Over its head sits a little stalk that works as a fishing rod with a wriggling lure, and the frogfish waits as still as the sponge it is pretending to be until something bites. It can match almost any shade: yellow, orange, pink or rust. — Over its head sits a little stalk that works as a fishing rod with a wriggling lure, and the frogfish waits as still as the sponge it is pretending to be until something bites. It can match almost any shade: yellow, orange, pink or rust.

Fish Coloring Pages - Mouth open is how a moray breathes, not a threat; it has to pump water over its gills. The honeycomb moray rests in a reef hole by day and hunts by scent at night. White body with a dense pattern of black honeycomb spots. — Mouth open is how a moray breathes, not a threat; it has to pump water over its gills. The honeycomb moray rests in a reef hole by day and hunts by scent at night. White body with a dense pattern of black honeycomb spots.

Fish Coloring Pages - Horns in front, horns behind and a body shaped like a cardboard box: the cowfish paddles along slowly and gets around by sheer oddness. Bright yellow with small blue spots, the horns in the same yellow, and lips a touch paler. — Horns in front, horns behind and a body shaped like a cardboard box: the cowfish paddles along slowly and gets around by sheer oddness. Bright yellow with small blue spots, the horns in the same yellow, and lips a touch paler.

Fish Coloring Pages - Lipstick red lips on a fish that has given up swimming for walking: the batfish stumps across the Galapagos seabed on fins that work like legs. Sandy gray-brown with a darker stripe down the back, and the lips in the brightest red you have. — Lipstick red lips on a fish that has given up swimming for walking: the batfish stumps across the Galapagos seabed on fins that work like legs. Sandy gray-brown with a darker stripe down the back, and the lips in the brightest red you have.

Fish Coloring Pages - Most of the Amazon seems to fit in this catfish's mouth, and the bright tail at the other end makes it impossible to confuse with anything. Dark gray back, a wide white band along the side, white belly, and the tail fin in orange-red. — Most of the Amazon seems to fit in this catfish's mouth, and the bright tail at the other end makes it impossible to confuse with anything. Dark gray back, a wide white band along the side, white belly, and the tail fin in orange-red.

Fish Coloring Pages - Hawaii's state fish has a name longer than it is: humuhumunukunukuapuaa. It can lock its dorsal spine upright to wedge itself into a crack. Yellow lips, a blue band on the snout, black and white stripes behind the eye, tan body. — Hawaii's state fish has a name longer than it is: humuhumunukunukuapuaa. It can lock its dorsal spine upright to wedge itself into a crack. Yellow lips, a blue band on the snout, black and white stripes behind the eye, tan body.

Fish Coloring Pages - Alternating bands of white, orange and blue-edged black run the full height of the body, and the tail is plain yellow. The regal angelfish picks at sponges along reef walls. Follow the stripes: white, orange, white, with the yellow tail last. — Alternating bands of white, orange and blue-edged black run the full height of the body, and the tail is plain yellow. The regal angelfish picks at sponges along reef walls. Follow the stripes: white, orange, white, with the yellow tail last.

Fish Coloring Pages - The ribbon eel changes sex and color as it ages, starting black, turning electric blue with a yellow face as a male, then going fully yellow as a female. Flared nostrils look like leaves. This one is in its blue stage with yellow jaws. — The ribbon eel changes sex and color as it ages, starting black, turning electric blue with a yellow face as a male, then going fully yellow as a female. Flared nostrils look like leaves. This one is in its blue stage with yellow jaws.

Fish Coloring Pages - Nicknamed the dinosaur eel, the bichir carries a row of little sail fins down its back, breathes air through lungs, and can wriggle overland between pools. Gray-olive above, pale below, with faint darker bands along the sides. — Nicknamed the dinosaur eel, the bichir carries a row of little sail fins down its back, breathes air through lungs, and can wriggle overland between pools. Gray-olive above, pale below, with faint darker bands along the sides.

Fish Coloring Pages - Water monkey is the local name, because the arowana leaps clear of the river to snatch insects and even small birds off low branches. The male carries the eggs in his mouth. Silver all over with a pearly sheen, fins edged in pink or blue. — Water monkey is the local name, because the arowana leaps clear of the river to snatch insects and even small birds off low branches. The male carries the eggs in his mouth. Silver all over with a pearly sheen, fins edged in pink or blue.

Fish Coloring Pages - Boxed in bony plates, this fish steers with tiny fins like a floating gift. Males are dark blue on the sides with gold spots and black on top with white spots; females are plain black with white spots. Pick a sex and paint accordingly. — Boxed in bony plates, this fish steers with tiny fins like a floating gift. Males are dark blue on the sides with gold spots and black on top with white spots; females are plain black with white spots. Pick a sex and paint accordingly.

Fish Coloring Pages - Whole meadows of them sway in the current with their tails anchored in the sand, snapping plankton as it drifts past. At a shadow, the whole colony drops out of sight. White body speckled with fine black dots and three larger black patches. — Whole meadows of them sway in the current with their tails anchored in the sand, snapping plankton as it drifts past. At a shadow, the whole colony drops out of sight. White body speckled with fine black dots and three larger black patches.

Fish Coloring Pages - Cousin of the leafy seadragon with fewer frills and far more flash, the weedy wears a red body dotted with yellow and striped with violet bars. It drifts through kelp off southern Australia. Brick red, yellow spots, purple bars, and amber kelp. — Cousin of the leafy seadragon with fewer frills and far more flash, the weedy wears a red body dotted with yellow and striped with violet bars. It drifts through kelp off southern Australia. Brick red, yellow spots, purple bars, and amber kelp.

Fun Things to Make with These Coloring Pages

Field guide booklet – color a stack of sheets, fold each in half with the fish outward, nest them and staple along the fold. On the blank inside of each page write where that fish lives and what it eats.
Window aquarium – color a reef fish, cut it out close to the outline and tape it to the inside of a sunny window with the picture facing out. Light through the paper makes the colors glow like a lit tank.
Hanging shoal – cut out several colored fish, glue each to thin card for stiffness and hang them from a stick or a coat hanger on threads of different lengths. A draft from the door sets the whole school moving.
Magnet fishing – slide a paper clip onto the nose of each cut-out fish, tie a small magnet to a string on a stick, and spread the catch across the floor. Name the species before it counts.
Lake or ocean – lay out a blue sheet for salt water and a green one for fresh, cut the colored fish free and sort them. The sharks and tuna make it easy; the salmon, which live in both, start the argument.
Watercolor habitat – paint loose washes of blue and green over the whole page first and let it dry completely, then color the fish with pencils on top. The washed background pushes the fish forward.
Trophy card – after a real fishing trip, color the species you caught, write the lake, the date and the length on the back, and slip it into a photo frame. Far cheaper than taxidermy and the fish goes back in the water.
Scale rubbing – lay the colored sheet over a piece of plastic canvas or mesh and rub the side of a crayon gently across the fish's body. A faint scale texture appears over the color, and it works best on the big-bodied species.

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