What is "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 Domincan 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