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An assessment was carried out to determine the fish diversity indices from Ruhul beel 1, 2 and Bamonji beel 1, 2 under Chalan beel in Pabna district of Bangladesh.Data were collected from selected sanctuary sites, focus group discussion, personal and group contract as well as Government and Non-Government organizations with prepared and pretested questionnaire.The fish diversity of the study areas was calculated by various methods namely Species richness (S), Shannon-Wiener diversity indices (H0), Species evenness (E) and Simpson's diversity Index (D) of fish observed in Ruhul beel and Bamonji beel during the whole study period.The highest species richness was found in Ruhul beel whereas it was less amount in Bamonji beel during the study period.Overall species richness was higher in Ruhul beel.The monthly species richness was significantly (P<0.01)varied among the months.The highest values were found 37 in November and December for Ruhul beel-1 and in October and November for Ruhul beel-2.On the other hand, the highest value was found in November and December for Bamonji beel-1 and same value in November for Bamonji beel-2.The lowest values were found 13, 15, 9 and 8 for Ruhul beel-1, Ruhul beel-2, Bamonji beel-1 and Bamonji beel-2, respectively in January.