Albino eel ID

[EmrePekdeniz]

Help ID with this eel, please. Is it S. marmoratus, or a different species? The owner says he's been keeping it in freshwater for a year.

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9402/mren.jpg

 

[Madding]

Looks like S. marmoratus - most albino's usually end up being them.

Why so small after being kept for years?

 

[EmrePekdeniz]

Looks like S. marmoratus - most albino's usually end up being them.

Why so small after being kept for years?

The eel is 17'' long from what I've been told. Is that too small?

 

[outlaw15w]

looks like a pink or gold tulip eel

 

[EmrePekdeniz]

looks like a pink or gold tulip eel

Never heard of tulip eels before, is that the same as Monopterus albus? I'm going to buy it if it's freshwater-compatible.