Auratus

Auratus can refer to:


 * Jean Daurat (or Dorat) (1508 – 1588), a French poet and influential classical scholar
 * Pierre Doré (c.1500 – 1559), a French Dominican theologian

A Latin word often used in taxonomy for species names. Auratus comes from the Latin root aurat-, meaning "gold" or "golden", and is consequently used to designate species of this colour. Species labelled auratus include:


 * The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus
 * The goldfish, Carassius auratus
 * The golden hamster, Mesocricetus auratus
 * A fish called the Malawi golden cichlid, Melanochromis auratus
 * Pagrus auratus, a fish known in Australia and New Zealand as the Snapper
 * A fish found in the Nile called Chrysichthys auratus
 * A Tasmanian fish called the golden galaxias, Galaxias auratus
 * The Green and Black Poison Dart Frog, Dendrobates auratus
 * The Madagascar starling, Hartlaubius auratus
 * The Levant skink, Euprepis auratus
 * The dogbane leaf beetle, Chrysochus auratus