Can't fool a fish biologist
Fake Illustration is probably by Niels Tieland, Graphic designer illustrator, Utrecht Area, Netherlands. Also, he may be a pilot.
Asterropteryx semipunctata Rüppell, 1830 (Starry goby)
Size / Weight / Age
Max length : 4.0 cm SL male/unsexed
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 20 m
Climate / Range
Tropical; 30°N - 32°S
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to the Hawaiian, Line, and Tuamoto Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe and Rapa.