Có 56 loài được ghi nhận trong chi này[1][2]

• Puntius ambassis F. Day, 1869
• Puntius amphibius Valenciennes, 1842 (Scarlet-banded barb)
• Puntius aphya Günther, 1868 – validity questionable, appears to be a synonym of Leptobarbus hoevenii.
• Puntius arenatus F. Day, 1878
• Puntius bantolanensis A. L. Day, 1914 – appears to belong in Barbodes instead.
• Puntius bimaculatus Bleeker, 1863 (Redside barb)
• Puntius bramoides Valenciennes, 1842 – validity questionable, appears to be a synonym of Barbonymus balleroides.
• Puntius brevis Bleeker, 1850
• Puntius burmanicus F. Day, 1878
• Puntius cauveriensis Hora, 1937 (Cauvery barb)
• Puntius chelynoides McClelland, 1839 (Dark mahseer)
• Puntius chola F. Hamilton, 1822 (Swamp barb)
• Puntius crescentus Yazdani & D. F. Singh, 1994
• Puntius deccanensis Yazdani & Babu Rao, 1976 (Deccan barb)
• Puntius dorsalis Jerdon, 1849 (Long-snouted barb)
• Puntius fraseri Hora & Misra, 1938 (Dharna barb)
• Puntius guganio F. Hamilton, 1822 (Glass barb)
• Puntius kamalika Anjana Silva, Maduwage & Pethiyagoda, 2008
• Puntius kelumi Pethiyagoda, Anjana Silva, Maduwage & Meegaskumbura, 2008
• Puntius khohi Dobriyal, R. Singh, Uniyal, H. K. Joshi, Phurailatpam & Bisht, 2004
• Puntius layardi Günther, 1868
• Puntius madhusoodani Krishna Kumar, Benno Pereira & Radhakrishnan, 2012 [3]
• Puntius mahecola Valenciennes, 1844 (Wynaad barb)
• Puntius masyai H. M. Smith, 1945
• Puntius melanostigma F. Day, 1878
• Puntius morehensis Arunkumar & Tombi Singh, 1998
• Puntius mudumalaiensis Menon & Rema Devi, 1992
• Puntius muzaffarpurensis Srivastava, Verma & Sharma, 1977
• Puntius nangalensis Jayaram, 1990
• Puntius nelsoni Plamoottil, 2015 [4]
• Puntius nigronotus Plamoottil, 2015 [5]
• Puntius ophicephalus B. S. Raj, 1941 (Channa barb)
• Puntius parrah F. Day, 1865
• Puntius paucimaculatus Y. H. Wang & Y. Ni, 1982 – possibly a synonym of Barbodes semifasciolatus.
• Puntius pinnauratus F. Day, 1865 [4]
• Puntius pugio S. O. Kullander, 2008
• Puntius punjabensis F. Day, 1871
• Puntius puntio F. Hamilton, 1822 (Puntio barb)
• Puntius sachsii C. G. E. Ahl, 1923 (Gold-finned barb) – validity questionable, appears to be a synonym of Barbodes semifasciolatus.
• Puntius sahyadriensis Silas, 1953 (Khavli barb)
• Puntius schanicus Boulenger, 1893
• Puntius sharmai Menon & Rema Devi, 1993
• Puntius snyderi Ōshima, 1919
• Puntius sophore F. Hamilton, 1822 (Pool barb)
• Puntius sophoroides Günther, 1868
• Puntius spilopterus Fowler, 1934
• Puntius stigma Valenciennes, 1844 [4]
• Puntius takhoaensis V. H. Nguyễn & L. H. Doan, 1969
• Puntius terio F. Hamilton, 1822 (Onespot barb)
• Puntius tetraspilus Günther, 1868
• Puntius thermalis Valenciennes, 1844
• Puntius thomassi F. Day, 1874 (Red canarese barb)
• Puntius titteya Deraniyagala, 1929 (Cherry barb)
• Puntius viridis Plamoottil & Abraham, 2014 [6]
• Puntius vittatus F. Day, 1865 (Greenstripe barb)
• Puntius waageni F. Day, 1872