Free Fish Pictures: 56 Photos of Reef Fish, Sharks and Rays
56 free fish pictures from the BigFoto library, most of them taken on dives over tropical coral reefs: shoals of yellow snappers, angelfish and butterflyfish, clownfish in their anemones, lionfish and moray eels, whale sharks, rays and sea turtles. A few more come from the surface: koi crowding for food, fish markets and fish in street art.
How to download: click a photo to see it large, then use Download. The originals are about 1200 × 800 pixels: right for blog posts, slides, social media, school projects and video call backgrounds.
Tropical reef fish
Shoals of snappers and fusiliers, angelfish, batfish, boxfish, clownfish and the small orange anthias that swarm over the coral.
Lionfish and moray eels
Lionfish spreading their striped fins and a honeycomb moray looking out of the reef.
Sharks, rays, turtles and jellyfish
Whale sharks gliding through the blue, a shark resting on the sand, a blue-spotted ray, hawksbill turtles and jellyfish.
Koi, fish markets and fish in art
Koi crowding at the surface, fresh fish at the market and fish painted and sculpted by street artists.
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Questions about these fish photos
Can I use these fish pictures for free?
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Can I use them for school projects about the ocean?
Yes. Students and teachers can use them in reports, slides and posters; a link or a credit to BigFoto.com is all we ask.