Auratus can refer to:
Jean Daurat (or Dorat) (1508 – 1588), a French poet and influential classical scholarPierre Doré (c.1500 – 1559), a French Domincan theologianA 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 auratusThe goldfish, Carassius auratusThe golden hamster, Mesocricetus auratusA fish called the Malawi golden cichlid, Melanochromis AuratusPagrus auratus, a fish known in Australia and New Zealand as the SnapperA fish found in the Nile called Chrysichthys auratusA Tasmanian fish called the golden galaxias, Galaxias auratusThe Green and Black Poison Dart Frog, Dendrobates auratusThe Madagascar starling, Hartlaubius auratusThe Levant skink, Euprepis auratusThe dogbane leaf beetle, Chrysochus auratus