Pweda

The Pweda is a species of small stingray-like creature that lives in the oceans of the Unggoy homeworld of Balaho. The Pweda is an omnivore eating small plants and organisms similar to krill and shrimp. The Pweda is a food eaten by the Unggoy but is a very common as the Pweda is found in nearly every area of Balaho's methane oceans, but to the Covenant as a whole, the Pweda is of little interest, although they were once seen as distractions on the battlefield as the light used for attracting prey in the dark planet of Balaho is still lit when the creature is dead so it could do a small effort in confusing humans into thinking it is light from a plasma weapon, but was later stopped for an unknown reason most likely because it was an unaffective method and also confused the Covenant when they threw the Pweda in the air. The main natural prey of the Pweda is the Gretiu, which gulp up huge colonies of Pweda for food, while they will also use symbiosis with the Huturu, which it can hitch a ride on and protecting it from smaller predators.One known Pweda named 'Cutie' was one found on the battlfield left in a methane tank after the Covenant holding the area retreated, and was kept and nursed by scientists on Reach, and is being studied closely and found it is very similar to reptiles and fish, but has a slightly different skin structure. The Pweda was observed to reach a length of up to 1 and 1/2 feet and are very fast swimmers at young age.