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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

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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

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