Mesonoemacheilus herrei

Mesonoemacheilus herrei is classified as Critically Endangered — facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild — because population sizes are very small, declining sharply, or restricted to a tiny range. Mesonoemacheilus herrei faces severe threats from habitat degradation in its restricted range within the Western Ghats of India. Dam construction and water diversions have altered natural flow regimes in the streams where this loach occurs. Agricultural runoff and domestic pollution have degraded water quality in remaining habitat patches. The species' extremely limited distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to localized environmental changes.

Mesonoemacheilus herrei occurs in India. Country-level distribution data is sourced from the IUCN Red List and cross-referenced with GBIF occurrences.

The main threats to Mesonoemacheilus herrei are 1.1, 7.2, ai-1, and ai-2. The full IUCN-classified threat record for this species is detailed on the species page.