How many types of sharks are there?

Can they be identify by family groups? http://www.poster.net/finding-nemo/findi… (couldn’t find Sharks under Pets category) πŸ™‚ βœ… Answers ? Best Answer There are more than 360 described species of sharks. There are eight orders of sharks: * Hexanchiformes * Squaliformes * Pristiophoriformes * Squatiniformes * Heterodontiformes * Orectolobiformes * Carcharhiniformes * Lamniformes – Chosen by Asker