Ganoin substance

Japanese: ガノイン質 - がのいんしつ
Ganoin substance

…While the shield scales are degenerate in chimaerids and rays, they are well developed in sharks, known as “shark skin,” and have been used since ancient times to decorate the handles and scabbards of swords. Primitive bony fishes from the Devonian period had hard scales made of ganoine, cosminal, and bony matter. In ray-finned fishes, ganoine scales developed, but later became bony scales, with only the bone remaining. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "ganoin quality" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…楯鱗はギンザメ類やエイ類では退化的であるが,サメ類では〈サメ肌〉としてよく発達しており,古来より刀剣の柄や鞘の装飾に用いられている。デボン紀の原始硬骨魚類は,ガノイン質,コズミン質,骨質からなる硬鱗をもっていた。条鰭(じようき)類では,ガノイン鱗が発達するが,後に骨質のみが残った骨鱗になった。…

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