Commentary for Chullin 132:7
מאי קשקשת סנפיר ואפי' דג טמא כתב רחמנא סנפיר וקשקשת
But even now that the Divine Law states fins as well as scales, whence do we know that the term Kaskasim means [the scales that cover the fish like] a garment? - Because it is written: And he was clad with kaskasim [a coat of mail].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Sam. XVII, 5. The same word Kaskasim is here used to describe the coat of mail as being made of scales or thin plates of metal.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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